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in thread 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

      #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.