On Thu, Oct 24, 2002 at 02:02:15PM -0400, Nikola Janceski wrote: > local $\ = "\n"; > > now ... isn't local supposed to "modify the listed variables to be local to > the enclosing block, file, or eval." ? [snip] > Am I just misunderstanding the use of local?????????????????
Yes, but the documentation isn't helping. The best explanation I can give you is http://perl.plover.com/FAQs/Namespaces.html#C_local_and_C_my_. In short, local squirrels away the current value of the variable, and replaces it with undef. The actions of local aren't reversed until the scope it was called in is exited. What you're seeing in your program is action at a distance, and this is the primary reason 'my' was added, and why many of the special variables should only be used in very limited circumstances. Michael -- Administrator www.shoebox.net Programmer, System Administrator www.gallanttech.com -- -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
