(jeffa) 3Re: Whether to use local()

Ahhhh, i am starting to see now:

my declares a local variable which is not found in a package's symbol table
a local var does show up in the symbol table, but if you use strict, then you have to fully qualify the variable name (that is, prefix the package name)
our handles the strict vs. non-fully qualified local vars

perrin pointed me to CPAN and the Devel::Symdump module. Here is another snippet to help explain:

#!/usr/bin/perl

#use strict;
use Devel::Symdump;

my $obj = Devel::Symdump->new('Foo');

print map {"$_\n"} $obj->scalars;

package Foo;

local $Foo::qualified;
local $unqualified;
our   $our;
my    $my;
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Which (without use strict) produces this ouput :

Foo::qualified
Foo::our
Foo::unqualified

If strict is turned on, then $unqualified will cause a compliation error. I think i get it now! :)

Thank you tachyon, perrin, and also rob_au for pointing out What is it adding to my symbol table?.

jeffa

L-LL-L--L-LL-L--L-LL-L--
-R--R-RR-R--R-RR-R--R-RR
B--B--B--B--B--B--B--B--
H---H---H---H---H---H---
(the triplet paradiddle with high-hat)

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