in reply to Re^4: Accessing a scalar value in another subroutine?
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yes, avoiding runtime costs is the real problem.

It shouldn't be.

Avoiding imposing penalties on 99% of people's code that have no use for such esoteric facilities, to satisfy the 1% that thinks it might be a good idea, should be simple.


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