Perl Monks,

I understand that local $/ saves a copy of $/ and it sets it to undef. But, what I wasn't expecting is when I run my script with the perl debugger and type x \$/ after local $/, it still shows that the value is \n. But, when I print $/ after performing local $/, it outputs the empty string (as expected). I'm not sure I understand why x \$/ in the perl debugger still shows it as a newline.

Thank you for your help,

lupey 

#!/usr/bin/perl

print "RS is:<$/>\n";
# typing 'x \$/' in debugger gives this (as expected)
#0  SCALAR(0x10141238)
#   -> '
#'

changeRS();
sub changeRS {
   local $/;
   print "RS is:<$/>\n";

   # typing 'x \$/' in debugger gives this (*NOT* as expected)
   #0  SCALAR(0x103b8f68)
   #   -> '
   #'
}

print "RS is:<$/>\n";
# typing 'x \$/' in debugger gives this as expected
#0  SCALAR(0x10141238)
#   -> '
#'

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