Let's look into perlsyn to figure this one out... Ah, here it is: 
    Foreach Loops

       The foreach loop iterates over a normal list value and
       sets the variable VAR to be each element of the list in
       turn.  If the variable is preceded with the keyword my,
       then it is lexically scoped, and is therefore visible only
       within the loop.  Otherwise, the variable is implicitly
       local to the loop and regains its former value upon
       exiting the loop.  If the variable was previously declared
       with my, it uses that variable instead of the global one,
       but it's still localized to the loop.

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So, the loop variable is always local to the loop, whether it's a lexical or a package variable.

In reply to Re: Scoping question by chipmunk
in thread Scoping question by nop

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