Re: [perl #115834] Successfull match $_[0]=~ /foo(.+)/ overrides $_[0] if function called as foo($1)

Jesse Luehrs <doy <at> tozt.net> writes:

>This is just a side effect of how $1 works in general - any assignments
>to capture variables (via a successful match) are implicitly localized:

>The current behavior is the only thing that actually makes sense, given
>the combination of behaviors in this example and the previous one I
>gave. I do agree that it's fairly confusing, but I really don't know
>what a better solution to this could possibly be.

I suggest that if we are stuck with the current behaviour, there should be a
warning on calls like foo($1).

-- 
Ed Avis <eda@waniasset.com>

• Re: [perl #115834] Successfull match $_[0]=~ /foo(.+)/ overrides $_[0] if function called as foo($1) by Ed Avis