> [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Fri Aug 26 09:47:17 2005]:
>
> Steve Peters wrote
> > This behavior has been fixed in bleadperl by not allowing it.
> >
> > > ./perl rt_7615.pl
> > Can't localize lexical variable $a at rt_7615.pl line 4.
>
> No it hasn't. I suspect you did the wrong test - what's that
> "lexical" doing in the error message?
>
> When I try
>
> perl5.8.6 -w
> $a = 10;
> if (local $a = 1){
> }
> print $a; # Should be 10, not 1
> __END__
> Found = in conditional, should be == at - line 2.
> 1
>
> the bug is still present.
>
> I presume this is another manifestation of the fact that a conditional
> involves *two* scopes, one including the condition and one not.
> Perl conflates them, with unfortunate results.
>
> I presume the resaon for conflating them is efficiency.
>
>
Sorry, a C<my> crept into my code I was using for testing. So, it
appears at least lexical globals are fixed in blead, although
non-lexicals are still as broken as before. Ticket re-opened.
