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bug: my creates a c like function static variable!

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From:
Ajai Shankar
Date:
September 22, 2000 18:43
Subject:
bug: my creates a c like function static variable!
Message ID:
004701c02509$08e48020$481898d8@ajaishankar
Hi

Why does this behave like a c function static variable?

use strict;

sub foo() {
 my $x if 0;
 print "\$x is $x and ref \$x is " , \$x , "\n";
 $x = 1 if !defined $x;
}

for(1..3) {
 foo
}


Thanks

ajai
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