> $i is not declared when your string is eval()d
That baffles me. At compile time, perl is just having a string. It is at run time, when the execution reaches the $part2->(); statement that the string is evaled inplace and the string is compiled and evaled. At that point in time, $i should be declared (initial post , perl codelisting 2) in my newbie opinion.

Basically that opinion shows faulty but questions still remains. When is $i evaled? Or in what dictionary/environment/whatever-mechanism-is-used?

The value of $i that is printed (in the first perl program) is the value that i was expecting IF it was evaled at the line $part2->(); It looks to me like there is a mismatch between the places where it is defined and where it is executed. I am assuming this to be the same place. If it is at the place of definition of makeLazyFunction, then i expect $i to have the value 1 and not 2. If it is at the place of $part2->(), then i expect $i to have the value 2 and to be defined as well. Are both views erroneous? What is the correct view?

> Why are you not just doing
Because of the same problem i run into with my code (but i didnt knew until now that it was the same problem): if you defer the declaration of $i then you get Global symbol "$i" requires explicit package name at test1.pl line 7. Only with my code it doesnt show because the error is only generated at run-time and is not printed. No printing, no error i was thinking, alas mistakenly.

In reply to Re^2: Not-so-lazy evaluation? by mtroost
in thread Not-so-lazy evaluation? by mtroost

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