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#!/usr/bin/perl
# Learning RPerl, Section 4.5: Subroutine Variables, Variable Scope & Persistence
# [[[ PREPROCESSOR ]]]
# <<< PARSE_ERROR: 'ERROR ECOPAPL02' >>>
# <<< PARSE_ERROR: 'Global symbol "$autovivified" requires explicit package name' >>>
# [[[ HEADER ]]]
use RPerl;
#use strict;
our $VERSION = 0.001_000;
# [[[ CRITICS ]]]
## no critic qw(ProhibitUselessNoCritic ProhibitMagicNumbers RequireCheckedSyscalls) # USER DEFAULT 1: allow numeric values & print operator
## no critic qw(RequireInterpolationOfMetachars) # USER DEFAULT 2: allow single-quoted control characters & sigils
# [[[ SUBROUTINES ]]]
print 'before defining quux(), have $autovivified = ', $autovivified, "\n"; # NO ERROR
sub quux {
{ my void $RETURN_TYPE };
$autovivified = 23;
print 'inside quux(), have $autovivified = ', $autovivified, "\n"; # NO ERROR
$autovivified++;
return;
}
print 'after defining quux(), have $autovivified = ', $autovivified, "\n"; # NO ERROR
# [[[ OPERATIONS ]]]
quux();
print 'after calling quux(), have $autovivified = ', $autovivified, "\n"; # NO ERROR
quux();
print 'after calling quux(), have $autovivified = ', $autovivified, "\n"; # NO ERROR