Re: Frustrating Error: "Global symbol requires explicit package name"

And, once you know it, it's easy to duplicate the error:

c:\@Work\Perl\monks>perl -wMstrict -le
"sub foo (&@) { return 42; }
 ;;
 my $x = foo { }
 print $x;
"
Global symbol "$x" requires explicit package name at -e line 1.
Execution of -e aborted due to compilation errors.
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Re^2: Frustrating Error: "Global symbol requires explicit package name" - Can't see why? by LanX (Saint) on Aug 25, 2015 at 01:49 UTC
Yeah nothing specific about threads, just the fact that my declarations only start being effective after the next semicolon. This was done to allow constructs like `my $x = $x++;` Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language and ☆☆☆☆ :) Je suis Charlie!}	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: Frustrating Error: "Global symbol requires explicit package name" - Can't see why? by AnomalousMonk (Archbishop) on Aug 25, 2015 at 15:12 UTC
When I first read LanX's reply, I was confused because the statement all on its own is an error. But LanX `/msg`-ed me that the rule allows access to same-named lexicals in surrounding scopes: `c:\@Work\Perl\monks>perl -wMstrict -le "my $x = 42; if ($x) { my $x = $x++; print $x; } print $x; " 42 43` [download] Now I understand. Give a man a fish: `<%-{-{-{-<`	[reply] [d/l] [select]