Well, you can love local for what it is already, but in Perl 6 it's renamed to temp to be clearer about what it's doing. And you'll be able to use it on previously declared lexical variables.
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And you'll be able to use it on previously declared lexical variables.
We're going to be able to dynamically localise lexicals in Perl 6 - fan-bloody-tastic! I've not used a language that can do that since my Pop-11 days :-)