Re: RFC: Rename local() operator

[Nathan Wiger]

>     shadow $/ = "\n";
> 
> seems to have the right implications to me.

Personally, I like this by far out of all the suggestions I've heard.
"save" seems to say "save THIS value" (the one you're setting, not the
global one you can't see). "hide" is a little too general (hide what in
what?). But I like "shadow the global variable with THIS one".

-Nate