What is the scope of a variable called with my in a signal handler anonymous subroutine? Right now I have this code: 
my $rip_done = 0;

$SIG{CHLD} = sub { $rip_done = 1;
                   while( waitpid(-1, WNOHANG) > 0) {}  };

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elsewhere in the program... 
if($rip_done == 1)
{
  do some stuff
}

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In the interest of having as few global variables as possible, can I initialize $rip_done inside the sub and still use it elsewhere in the program? I'm still trying to get away from using global variables for everything so I'm not 100% up to snuff on scope yet. I'm also new to signal handlers so if I'm not doing things right here, please let me know. Thanks a lot.

In reply to Variable Scope in a Signal Handler? by Indomitus

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