Re: RFC 181 (v1) Formats out of core / New format syntax

On Mon, 18 Sep 2000 13:49:25 +0200, Bart Lateur <[email protected]> wro=
te:
> On Mon, 18 Sep 2000 10:57:49 +0200, H.Merijn Brand wrote:
>=20
> >perl5 formats do NOT support lexicals
>=20
> Eh? It looks like it, though.
>=20
> 	my $foo;
> 	format STDOUT =3D
> 	@>>>>>>>
> 	$foo
> 	.
>=20
> 	$foo =3D 123;
> 	write;
> 	$foo =3D 45;
> 	write;
>=20
> It looks *so much* that way, that I think you must be wrong.

my $foo =3D 3;
format STDOUT =3D
@<<
$foo
=2E

{ my $foo =3D 5;
  write;
  }
---
3


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