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Explains the relationship between lexical/package and normal/dynamic scope a bit more. Asked in #1082
moritz
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Sep 3, 2017
doc/Language/variables.pod6
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| To make C<new-location()> print C<nowhere>, make C<$location> a dynamic | |||
| variable using L<the * twigil|#The_*_Twigil>. | |||
| variable using L<the * twigil|#The_*_Twigil>. This twigil makes the compiler look up the symbol in the calling scope instead of the outer scope which is the case otherwise. | |||
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The compiler always looks in the current scope first. Looking into outer/caller's scopes is always a fallback. This description makes it sound as if only the caller's scope is searched.
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Explains the relationship between lexical/package and normal/dynamic scope a bit more.
Asked in #1082