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in thread understanding closures

They are sharing the same lexical. What confuses you is the fact that you are doing post-increment. The result of $count++ is the old value of $count. Change that line to ++$count, and try again.

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Re^4: understanding closures
by reasonablekeith (Deacon) on Sep 26, 2005 at 08:08 UTC
    Yup, you're right. I was too busy wondering about closures to spot that one. Not that this is an excuse. :(

    Thanks everyone.

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