Re: MP1: Odd localized variable behavior

[Perrin Harkins <pe...@elem.com>]

On Thu, 2004-10-14 at 14:13, Tom Murphy wrote:
> According to how I understand perl/mod_perl workings, the actual address of
> the SV shouldn't change regardless of the number of invocations of the
> script ( assuming the file modification time doesn't change ).  Upon the
> second invocation it looks like the sub has retained the original SV and the
> file level usage has created a new SV.  Oddly,  after the second invocation,
> none of the address change.
> 
> Any ideas?

It's just creating a closure.  That's what happens when you reference a
lexical declared in a higher-level scope from inside a sub.  If you were
not intending to create a closure, you need to pass the variable to the
sub instead.

- Perrin


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