in reply to Embedded variable assignments inside local declarations

Oddly enough, this would work fine, although I'd question it in a code review: 
my $a = 1, my $b = 2, my $c = 3;

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Re: •Re: Embedded variable assignments inside local declarations
by pg (Canon) on Jan 26, 2003 at 19:39 UTC
    $a = 1, $b = 2, $c = 3; works, and that's exactly why my $a = 1, my $b = 2, my $c = 3; would work.

    Although it looks odd, but from a Perl internal view, it is the same animal as the following (,which we see from day to day):

    foreach $line (@lines) {
...
}

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    works, that's why 
    foreach my $line (@lines) {
...
}

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    Basically, Perl allows you to my variables on fly.

    One more example for the same animal: 
    for (my $i = 1; $i < 10; $i ++) {
    print $i;
}

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