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>$a = 5;
>sub a { print $a }
>sub b {local $a = 9; goto &a}
>b;
>This still prints 5... :-(
And this is a problem exactly how?
b()'s frame goes away. So its local view of $a
went away.
I do not find this behaviour astonishing.
--tom