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On Fri, Aug 26, 2005 at 09:06:50AM -0700, Steve Peters via RT wrote:
> > [bwarnock@capita.com - Mon Sep 03 10:43:30 2001]:
> >
> >
> > -----------------------------------------------------------------
> > Local variables declared in a conditional expression of a
> > conditional block are not restored at the end of scope.
> >
> > $a = 10;
> > if (local $a = 1){
> > }
> > print $a; # Should be 10, not 1
> >
> > Applies to local variables declared in 'if (expr)', 'unless(expr)',
> > and 'elsif (expr)'. Lexical variables are okay, as are local
> > variables in the conditional expression of a loop block.
> >
>
> This behavior has been fixed in bleadperl by not allowing it.
>
> > ./perl rt_7615.pl
> Can't localize lexical variable $a at rt_7615.pl line 4.
$a isn't a lexical variable in the example, so that doesn't fix it.
Ronald