If I recall correctly, there has been talk about fixing this so my $x ... if ... acts like my $x; $x ... if .... I originally had a negative reaction to that, since the my $x if 0 had been advocated by some as a valid way to produce a semi-static variable, but now, given that that warning has been in the doc since 5.8.0, I think its a good idea. People mess themselves up by accident too much to care about those intentionally doing it. (The doc warning should probably be added to 5.6.2, also.)

In reply to Re: Re: This is really a Perl BUG with my?! Need some advice... by ysth
in thread This is really a Perl BUG with my?! Need some advice... by gmpassos

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