$ perl -Mstrict -e'if (my $x = 0) {} print $x,$/'
Global symbol "$x" requires explicit package name at -e line 1.
Execution of -e aborted due to compilation errors.
$ 

##</code><code>##

$ perl -Mstrict -e'if (my $x = 0) {} elsif (1) { print $x,$/}'
0
$ 

##</code><code>##

$ perl -Mstrict -e'if ($\) {print $x,$/} elsif (my $x = 0) {} else { print $x,$/}'
Global symbol "$x" requires explicit package name at -e line 1.
Execution of -e aborted due to compilation errors.
$ 

##</code><code>##

$ perl -Mstrict -e'if ($\) {} elsif (my $x = 0) {} else { print $x,$/}'
0
$