Very interesting,
Thanks for pointing that out. I looked that up and read the related
sections, good information to know. I had been using local() thinking it
worked as my() does. That has been corrected now.
Thanks for watching my back ;)
David
> From: Paul [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>
>
> --- David Blevins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > local @fileList = reverse sort `ls $list*.list`;
> > local $current = $fileList[0];
> > local $previous = $fileList[1];
>
> Local is great for a few things, but almost universally you should be
> using my(). local() can cause you some real (and unexpected) headaches.
>
> For example, a local() variable really isn't. You can only local() a
> global (go figure =o) and the value is hidden, possibly replaced with
> whatever you assign, and then restored at the end of that scope. But
> what if you make a function call in that scope, to a function that also
> uses that variable? It'll have the local()'d value.
>
> Use my() unless you know why. =o)
>
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