Re: Brainstorming 5.12 syntax features

On Jul 16, 2009, at 10:38 AM, David Nicol wrote:

> anyone for "local sub" shorthand?
>
> $ perl -le 'sub X {"outer"} { local sub X {"inner"} print &X } print  
> &X'
>
> could become equivalent to
>
> $ perl -le '*sub X {"outer"}; { local *X = sub {"inner"}; print &X }  
> print &X'

Ooooh, /me likey!

Best,

David

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