Bart Lateur wrote:

> >The C<local> operator of Perl5 and earlier does not do what it claims
> >to and should be renamed.
>
> How about:
>
>         override
>
> meaning: ignore the value you've seen so far, for now, you'll use my
> value.

This is the sort of thing I was looking for when I proposed "redef" (for
redefine) as a "local" replacement.  "override" is better.  Thank you,
Bart.
--
Glenn
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There  are two kinds of people, those
who finish  what they start,  and  so
on...                 -- Robert Byrne




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