"my" variable $x masks earlier declaration in same scope at 585826.pl line 4. "my" variable $x masks earlier declaration in same scope at 585826.pl line 6. print __LINE__ . ": " . \$x . " = $x \n"; my $x = 123; print __LINE__ . ": " . \$x . " = $x \n"; my $x = 456; print __LINE__ . ": " . \$x . " = $x \n"; my $x; print __LINE__ . ": " . \$x . " = $x \n"; #### 1: SCALAR(0x0225fc4) = 3: SCALAR(0x022603c) = 123 5: SCALAR(0x1830b1c) = 456 7: SCALAR(0x1830ba0) =