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From: leo@aai.com
Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl
Subject: local($foo) = <FILE>; in sub is a no-no, I guess..
Message-ID: <1990Jul21.013619.2319@aai.com>
Date: 21 Jul 90 01:36:19 GMT
Organization: Amerinex Artificial Intelligence
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This one bit me tonight:

While (<FILE>) {
    do foo();
    .
    .
}

sub foo {
    local($line) = <FILE>;
    .
    .
}

didn't work as expected, but

sub foo {
    local($line);
    $line = <FILE>;
}

did what I wanted.

Anyone care to explain why?  Is this a documented restriction?
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