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perl -e 'my $_ = 1' Can't use global $_ in "my" at -e line 1, near "my $_ "

That's just your copy of perl, which is too old :) Works fine in 5.10.

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Re^3: my $1
by codeacrobat (Chaplain) on Apr 23, 2009 at 20:47 UTC
    Baah, this gives me creeps. 
    perl -e '@foo = map {$_=2; foo()} 1..10; sub foo{print}'
2222222222

$ perl -e '@foo = map {my $_=2; foo()} 1..10; sub foo{print}'
12345678910

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      Baah, this gives me creeps.
      Does this give you also the creeps? 
      $ perl -e 'for $x (1 .. 9) {$x = 2; foo ()} sub foo {print $x}'
222222222
$ perl -e 'for $x (1 .. 9) {my $x = 2; foo ()} sub foo {print $x}'
123456789

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      Or is it the fact that Perl just got a little bit more regular that creeps you out?
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Re^3: my $1
by almut (Canon) on Apr 23, 2009 at 20:44 UTC

    ...ah, you're right, I had tried with 5.8.8.

    (/me wonders what that change is supposed to be good for... :)

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