Re: RFC: Rename local() operator

[Russ Allbery]

Nick Ing-Simmons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> What about C<hide> ?

> I think C<proxy> or C<deputy> has merit - "while I am out contact ...".

> But I still think C<save> is the essence of what it does.

I like either C<hide> or C<save> too, but just to throw out the other idea
that occurred to me, what's being done here is in other languages often
called shadowing.  What about C<shadow>?

    shadow $/ = "\n";

seems to have the right implications to me.

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Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECTED])             <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>