Re: bug: my creates a c like function static variable!

you can find discussion related to this issue here:

http://www.perl.com/pub/2000/05/p5pdigest/THISWEEK-20000521.html#my_x_if_0;_Trick

by the way, this is considered a features, not a bug!  :-)

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___cliff rayman___cliff@genwax.com___http://www.genwax.com/
Ajai Shankar wrote:

> 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

• bug: my creates a c like function static variable! by Ajai Shankar
• Re: bug: my creates a c like function static variable! by ___cliff rayman___
• Re: bug: my creates a c like function static variable! by Mark-Jason Dominus
• Re: bug: my creates a c like function static variable! by ___cliff rayman___