in reply to Re^2: why does this perl routine error?
in thread why does this perl routine error?

Well, there is a right way and a wrong way to do lexicals, declaring them all up front is the wrong way

see Tutorials: Variable Scoping in Perl: the basics, Coping with Scoping , Mini-Tutorial: Perl's Memory Management, Lexical scoping like a fox

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