Anonymous subs aren't expected to be "static"; you can create many instances of them that take different instances of the lexical environment.

IOW direct named subroutine declarations can only bind to a static lexical environment, but anonymous subs can close over any lexical environment in play at the moment of instantiation. You can even create multiple instances of the "same" anonymous sub.

IIRC one of the reasons for this distinction is that you can take references to named subroutines that haven't been evaluated yet. This is useful, but it comes with certain disadvantages.

In any case, I can't think of any example where you can't move the anonymous subs to some other location to solve the problem in your original post. In general, moving the subs makes everything clearer too.

"What should it profit a man, if he should win a flame war, yet lose his cool?"

In reply to Re^3: nested routines, anonymous routines and location dependency by Joost
in thread nested routines, anonymous routines and location dependency by Anonymous Monk

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