Hi,

I'm having a bit of trouble with using some local scope variables. I have a function where I want to define a variable, then use that variable in a sub function. That sounds like the text book definition for when to use a local scope variable. Below is the test script that I'm using.

I'm using the 'use strict' declaration as all the books I've read (O'Reilly's) say that's a Good Thing to do.

Can someone offer some insight as to why when I declare $a it's ok, but declaring $aa gives me an error?

I'm using Active State's Perl v5.8.3 build 809 for Windows.

Thanks for any help

- Josh

use strict;

test1();

sub test1
{
   local $a = 1;
   local $aa = 2;
   test2();
}

sub test2
{
   print "a = $a\n";
   print "aa = $aa\n";
}

# Global symbol "$aa" requires explicit package name at C:\projects\Tr
+acing\test.pl line 8.
# Global symbol "$aa" requires explicit package name at C:\projects\Tr
+acing\test.pl line 15.
# Execution of C:\projects\Tracing\test.pl aborted due to compilation 
+errors.

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