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From:
A . Bergman
Date:
February 21, 2003 01:01
Subject:
Re: [perl #21321] local ${"FOO"} does not work
Message ID:
084F1C2A-457B-11D7-BDC6-003065D64CBE@nanisky.com

On fredag, feb 21, 2003, at 00:05 Europe/Stockholm, Ronald J Kimball 
wrote:

>
> Lexical variables do not live in the symbol table, so they cannot be
> accessed through symbolic references.
>
> Ronald

Whilst it true that they do not live in the symbol table, I doubt that 
is the reason they can't be accessed through symbolic references since 
perl wouldn't have much trouble looking up a lexical by name.

Arthur


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