Re: [ID 20000122.001] Incorrect scoping of if(){}else{}

[Bart Schuller <schuller@lunatech.com>]

On Sat, Jan 22, 2000 at 02:25:00PM +0000, M.J.T. Guy wrote:
> 	if (my $x = 1, 0) {
> 	    my $x = 2;
> 	} else {
> 	    my $x = 3;
> 	}
> 
> produces spurious warnings
> 
> "my" variable $x masks earlier declaration in same scope at - line 2.
> "my" variable $x masks earlier declaration in same scope at - line 4.

The only reason why I would use if (my $x = 1, 0) is precisely to get it
scoped like perl seems to do here. That is: I expect to be able to see
$x in both the "if" and the "else" branch, but not outside of them.

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