Re^2: Prorgam obliterates contents of files

so this is what local is used for ? controlling the value of a variable in a particular scope ? what other uses does local have ?

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Re^3: Prorgam obliterates contents of files by Corion (Patriarch) on Dec 29, 2008 at 09:51 UTC
http://perl.plover.com/local.html, as pointed out via Seven Useful Uses of <tt>local</tt>	[reply]
Re^4: Prorgam obliterates contents of files by ikegami (Patriarch) on Dec 29, 2008 at 10:27 UTC
#2 and #3 were obsoleted by 5.6 back in 2000. I wish the Perl guts Data::Alias requires become public. Then #4 would go away too.	[reply]