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[MacPerl] $[ sticky across scripts

This is probably a bug.

Summary: $[ is sticky across scripts.

1. Run the following script.

print "$[\n";
$[ = 10;
print "$[\n";

2. close the output window.

3. run it again. You'll see 10 10 but it should be 0 10.

This is on MacPerl 5.1.6r4, MacOS8.

 Xah, xah@best.com,
 http://www.best.com/~xah/Wallpaper_dir/c0_WallPaper.html
 "Perl side effects: make one assignment, the next thing you know your house is deleted."



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