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#!/usr/bin/perl
# Learning RPerl, Section 4.5: Subroutine Variables, Variable Scope & Persistence
# [[[ PREPROCESSOR ]]]
# <<< EXECUTE_SUCCESS: 'inside quux(), have $local_intermittent = 23' >>>
# <<< EXECUTE_SUCCESS: 'inside quux(), have $local_intermittent = 23' >>>
# [[[ 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 $local_intermittent = ', $local_intermittent, "\n"; # YES ERROR
# NEED UPGRADE, CORRELATION #rp035: allow multi-line subroutines & other code blocks, where they would be less than 160 chars if on a single line
#sub quux {
# { my void $RETURN_TYPE };
# my integer $local_intermittent = 23;
# print 'inside quux(), have $local_intermittent = ', $local_intermittent, "\n"; # NO ERROR
# $local_intermittent++;
# return;
#}
sub quux { { my void $RETURN_TYPE }; my integer $local_intermittent = 23; print 'inside quux(), have $local_intermittent = ', $local_intermittent, "\n"; $local_intermittent++; return; }
#print 'after defining quux(), have $local_intermittent = ', $local_intermittent, "\n"; # YES ERROR
# [[[ OPERATIONS ]]]
quux();
#print 'after calling quux(), have $local_intermittent = ', $local_intermittent, "\n"; # YES ERROR
quux();
#print 'after calling quux(), have $local_intermittent = ', $local_intermittent, "\n"; # YES ERROR