Re^3: Variable being clobbered by a seemingly unrelated while loop

Even lexical variables.

But,

my $x = 3;
local $x'
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leads to

Can't localize lexical variable $x at 1.pl line 2.
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Re^4: Variable being clobbered by a seemingly unrelated while loop by tobyink (Canon) on Oct 08, 2014 at 12:33 UTC
Lexical variables can be localized - you just can't use the `local` keyword to do so. Anonymous monk provides a good demonstration. toby döt ink	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: Variable being clobbered by a seemingly unrelated while loop by Anonymous Monk on Oct 08, 2014 at 12:15 UTC
I guess tobyink means: `my $x='foo'; for $x ('bar') { print "$x\n"; } print "$x\n"; __END__ bar foo` [download]	[reply] [d/l]