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On Fri, 12 Nov 2021 at 04:19, Leon Timmermans <fawaka@gmail.com> wrote: > > Ultimately, state is equivalent to "a my variable outside the current sub" > and permanent is equivalent to "a my outside the outermost sub" (or a state > inside the outermost sub). They're both useful concepts, but they can also > both already be expressed in the traditional ways. > I think the first quoted part in your first sentence would be a super helpful addition to the docs. Personally I can't stand state variables as I am never 100% sure how they behave compared to simple my declarations where the rules are simple enough I can be confident I remember them. Anyway, better docs on state would be nice. Yves -- perl -Mre=debug -e "/just|another|perl|hacker/"Thread Previous | Thread Next