Re^2: Frustrating Error: "Global symbol requires explicit package name"

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++;

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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]