use strict; use warnings; use 5.010; use feature qw(say); sub inner_sub { my $param = shift; say "Start inner_sub1"; return ++$param; } sub outer_sub { say "Outer Subroutine Start ..."; my $param = 0; say "PARAM: $param"; $param = inner_sub($param); say "PARAM: $param"; say "Outer Subroutine End."; } # Main outer_sub(); exit(0); __END__ [22:16:28.33] c:\test>junk41 Outer Subroutine Start ... PARAM: 0 Start inner_sub1 PARAM: 1 Outer Subroutine End. #### use strict; use warnings; use 5.010; use feature qw(say); sub outer_sub { say "Outer Subroutine Start ..."; my $param = 0; say "PARAM: $param"; $param = inner_sub($param); say "PARAM: $param"; say "Outer Subroutine End."; sub inner_sub { my $param = shift; say "Start inner_sub1"; return ++$param; } } # Main outer_sub(); inner_sub(); ### Visible here also! exit(0); __END__ [22:20:34.37] c:\test>junk41 Outer Subroutine Start ... PARAM: 0 Start inner_sub1 PARAM: 1 Outer Subroutine End. Start inner_sub1 #### use strict; use warnings; use 5.010; use feature qw(say); sub outer_sub { my $scoped_var = 'fred'; ## closure say "Outer Subroutine Start ..."; my $param = 0; say "PARAM: $param"; $param = inner_sub($param); say "PARAM: $param"; say "Outer Subroutine End."; sub inner_sub { my $param = shift; say "Start inner_sub1"; say $scoped_var; ## closure return ++$param; } } # Main outer_sub(); inner_sub(); exit(0); __END__ [22:22:00.66] c:\test>junk41 Variable "$scoped_var" will not stay shared at C:\test\junk41.pl line 20. Outer Subroutine Start ... PARAM: 0 Start inner_sub1 fred PARAM: 1 Outer Subroutine End. Start inner_sub1 fred