in reply to Re^2: A short whishlist of Perl5 improvements leaping to Perl7
in thread A short whishlist of Perl5 improvements leaping to Perl7

That would make this pretty confusing to newcomers though:

{ my $x = 123; } say $x;

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Re^4: A short whishlist of Perl5 improvements leaping to Perl7
by LanX (Saint) on Nov 27, 2020 at 16:09 UTC
    wouldn't compile, because the second $x is not declared - there was no prior assignment on file-scope - and automine implied strict

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