Re: perl syntax oddity

Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes wrote in perl.fwp :
>> 
>>   sub getaglob {*foo}
>>   $foo = "pong\n";
>>   { local ${&getaglob} = "ping "; print $foo }
>>   print $foo;
>> 
>> fails with "Can't localize through a reference"!
> 
> This error seems to be removed in 5.8.1 and it works there (though the
> error entry was erroneously left in perldiag).

perldiag is still correct, because this error was only removed in some
cases.  Perl 5.8.1 allows localization through a symbolic reference, but
not a hard one :

    $ bleadperl -le '$x="a";local $$x=2;print$a,$$x'
    22

    $ bleadperl -le '$x=\"a";local $$x=2;print$$x'
    Can't localize through a reference at -e line 1.

-- 
If strain on the lexer were a design criterion, I blew it long ago.
    -- Larry Wall