Re: [MacPerl] Callbacks not reliable?

[Chris Nandor <pudge@pobox.com>]

At 8:50 -0400 2000.09.15, Ronald J Kimball wrote:
>On Thu, Sep 14, 2000 at 07:07:50PM -0400, Chris Nandor wrote:
>> At 18:35 -0400 2000.09.14, Ronald J Kimball wrote:
>> >That is incorrect.  $<digit> and the other regex special variables contain
>> >the values from the last *successful* pattern match in the current scope.
>> >An unsuccesful match does not reset these variables.
>>
>> But these variables are automatically local()d to the enclosing block, I
>> think:
>
>That's a clearer way of saying in the current scope, I guess.  :)

Oh, shoot, I missed "in the current scope," sorry.

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