----- Original Message ----- From: "Dave Whipp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2003 1:35 PM Subject: Re: is static?
> Uri Guttman wrote: > > talking about nested subs brought up another related idea, static (not > > on the stack) lexicals inside subs. > > Doesn't C<our> give you this? > Not really. A variable declared with <our> can be accessed from anywhere in the program, just by redeclaring it or calling it with the "package::" syntax. A variable declared with <my> can be accessed outside its scope only if the user returns a reference to it. A static variable should be like a <my> variable except that it is only initialized once and is not destroyed when it goes out of scope. Joe Gottman
