[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: : On 4/3/02 6:44 PM, Damian Conway wrote: : > Larry has said very clearly that in Perl 6 there are no "magical" lexical : > scopes. : : Shouldn't this be: "Larry has said very clearly that in Perl 6 there is only : one 'magical' lexical scope: sub() or ->"
It's specifically exempted because it's declaring formal parameters. You have to be able to declare formal parameters outside the actual scope or you can't have separate declarations and definitions. Larry