Re: [FWP] Re: HUMOR: you have to see this code!

[Uri Guttman <uri@sysarch.com>]

>>>>> "MGS" == Michael G Schwern <schwern@pobox.com> writes:
  >> 
  >> sub get_numeric_keys_greater_than_passed_value($;\%){
  >> if(!$_[1]){
  >> local ($val) = @_;
  >> local (@temp) = grep{($_ > $val)} keys (%LADY_TABLE);
  >> }
  >> else{
  >> local ($val,*TABLE) = @_;
  >> local (@temp) = grep{($_ > $val)} keys (%TABLE);
  >> }
  >> return (*temp);
  >> }

i look at that and see local(@temp) in a if/else block before the
return. so *temp should be a glob of whatever temp is in scope before
the call to this sub. the body of the sub then is a no-op. how would
*temp refer to either local(@temp) since they are out of scope by then?

uri

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