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Coping with Scoping.

by BlaisePascal (Monk)
on Aug 03, 2000 at 18:54 UTC ( [id://25985]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re: YAlQ: Yet Another local() Question.
in thread YAlQ: Yet Another local() Question.

It says local() does what I think it does, it exists mainly for historical reasons, and also says "never use local(), always use my()".

I think the last is a bit much. I find constructs like: <code> { local $\ = $RECORDSEPARATOR; $record = <INFILE>; } <code> to be quite handy, and much less unwieldy than the alternative I mentioned.

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RE: Coping with Scoping.
by btrott (Parson) on Aug 03, 2000 at 20:03 UTC
    You said: 
        > I think the last is a bit much. I find constructs like:
    > { local $\ = $RECORDSEPARATOR; $record = ; } to be
    > quite handy, and much less unwieldy than the alternative
    > I mentioned.

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    Well, yes... in which case you should check out Seven Useful Uses of local, also by mjd.
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