Allison Randal wrote: > > In a message dated Fri, 12 Apr 2002, Glenn Linderman writes: > > > $_ becomes lexical
> Sound logic. And it almost did go that way. But subs that access the > current $_ directly are far too common, and far to useful. One thing I'm missing is how those common useful subs that access the current $_ directly will be affected by $_ becoming lexical... Or perhaps $_ stays global, but gets automatically "restored" at the end of blocks in which it is changed, so that it appears lexical in value, even though it is global in the name space ??? Guess I haven't got all the Apocalypses memorized :) -- Glenn ===== Remember, 84.3% of all statistics are made up on the spot.
