> local @::{@names} = @::{@names}

I suppose the problem you're experiencing is not really a bug but due to the fact that a slice on the stash deliveres globs not values: 

  DB<1> ($a,$b)=qw/A B/
 
  DB<2> @n=qw/a b/
  
  DB<3> @save=@::{@n}
 
  DB<4> x @::{@n}
0  *main::a
1  *main::b
  DB<5> x @save
0  *main::a
1  *main::b

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initializing the localized vars should be done with the _values_ not with the globs. In this way you are "re-aliasing" the package vars to the old ones!

But I'm not enough of a perl4 expert for details... ;)

Cheers Rolf

UPDATE: to be more precise, your code above should be equivalent to something like

local (*a,*b) = (*a,*b)

and not

local ($a,$b) = ($a,$b)

In reply to Re^4: Local $$_? by LanX
in thread Local $$_? by expresspotato

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