in reply to (??{...}) in regexps and lexicals

Separate the declaration from your usage: 
my $braces;
$braces = ... ;

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This is a well known pitfall in various situations, for example: 

my $x = foo or $x = bar;

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This uses two different $x variables.

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Re^2: (??{...}) in regexps and lexicals
by Jenda (Abbot) on Jan 03, 2005 at 13:45 UTC

    Uh oh, I'm ashamed of myself. Thanks a lot. Makes sense now.

    Jenda
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