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diff --git a/pod/perlsub.pod b/pod/perlsub.pod index 7cdd893ef4..c124f21c6a 100644 --- a/pod/perlsub.pod +++ b/pod/perlsub.pod @@ -320,8 +320,9 @@ otherwise. An inner block may countermand this with S<"no strict 'vars'">. A my() has both a compile-time and a run-time effect. At compile time, the compiler takes notice of it; the principle usefulness of this is to -quiet C<use strict 'vars'>. The actual initialization doesn't happen -until run time, so gets executed every time through a loop. +quiet C<use strict 'vars'>. The actual initialization is delayed until +run time, so it gets executed appropriately; every time through a loop, +for example. Variables declared with "my" are not part of any package and are therefore never fully qualified with the package name. In particular, you're not |