Re^2: How can I avoid code repetition here

Your code will not work if $_ is lexical.

You can't make $_ a lexical:

$ perl -lwe "my $_='abc'; chop; print"
Can't use global $_ in "my" at -e line 1, near "my $_"
Execution of -e aborted due to compilation errors.
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Re^3: How can I avoid code repetition here by JavaFan (Canon) on Oct 08, 2009 at 09:48 UTC
You have been able to do that for the past 22 months: `$ perl -wle 'my $_ = "abc"; chop; print' ab $` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: How can I avoid code repetition here by rovf (Priest) on Oct 08, 2009 at 10:56 UTC
Which Perl version was this introduce in? I still used 5.8.8, so it was illegal there. I see that it works in 5.10 -- Ronald Fischer <ynnor@mm.st>	[reply] [d/l]
Re^5: How can I avoid code repetition here by JavaFan (Canon) on Oct 08, 2009 at 11:45 UTC
5.10. Which was released about 22 months ago. You shouldn't be claiming things are not allowed if all you do is check it against an old version of Perl.	[reply]
Re^6: How can I avoid code repetition here by rovf (Priest) on Oct 08, 2009 at 14:24 UTC
Re^7: How can I avoid code repetition here by JavaFan (Canon) on Oct 08, 2009 at 15:07 UTC
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