in reply to Last oddity

`perldoc -f last'
...If the LABEL is omitted, the command refers to the innermost enclosing loop.
What you have there is not an enclosing loop, its a statement modifier (see `perldoc perlsyn' for details).

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Re^2: Last oddity
by Hena (Friar) on Oct 21, 2004 at 11:56 UTC
    Ok, so assumption that while { something } and something while; are identical things is wrong. That clear up a lot.
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