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On 27 Feb 2003 23:31:17 -0000, Juerd wrote:
>"They are thus effective for the entire file in which they appear."
>
>That should be entire *package*, not file.
The paragraph in question is this:
Unlike pragmas that affect the C<$^H> hints variable, the C<use vars> and
C<use subs> declarations are not BLOCK-scoped. They are thus effective
for the entire file in which they appear. You may not rescind such
declarations with C<no vars> or C<no subs>.
(An almost identical paragraph is in vars.pm.)
Changing it to say package doesn't help, since the effect is no more
limited to the package C<use> appears in than to the block:
{ package Foo; use subs 'Bar::bar'; } print STDOUT Bar::bar;
Do you have an another suggestion for how to change the wording?