Re^2: Understanding difference between my and local variables.

>perl -E"say scalar( my $x = qw( a b c ) );"
c

>perl -E"say scalar( my ($x) = qw( a b c ) );"
3
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Re^3: Understanding difference between my and local variables. by JavaFan (Canon) on Oct 15, 2010 at 07:56 UTC
The question wasn't what the difference is between `my ($x) = ..."` and `my $x = ....`. The question was what the difference is between `my ($x);` and `my $x;`.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: Understanding difference between my and local variables. by ikegami (Patriarch) on Oct 15, 2010 at 08:20 UTC
Technically true, but I believe you're wrong in thinking he's going to realize the semi-colon was meaningful (assuming he even remembers that he used a semi-colon).	[reply]