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Re: RFC 181 (v1) Formats out of core / New format syntax

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From:
H . Merijn Brand
Date:
September 18, 2000 06:54
Subject:
Re: RFC 181 (v1) Formats out of core / New format syntax
Message ID:
20000918155609.D756.H.M.BRAND@hccnet.nl
On Mon, 18 Sep 2000 13:49:25 +0200, Bart Lateur <bart.lateur@skynet.be> wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Sep 2000 10:57:49 +0200, H.Merijn Brand wrote:
> 
> >perl5 formats do NOT support lexicals
> 
> Eh? It looks like it, though.
> 
> 	my $foo;
> 	format STDOUT =
> 	@>>>>>>>
> 	$foo
> 	.
> 
> 	$foo = 123;
> 	write;
> 	$foo = 45;
> 	write;
> 
> It looks *so much* that way, that I think you must be wrong.

my $foo = 3;
format STDOUT =
@<<
$foo
.

{ my $foo = 5;
  write;
  }
---
3


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