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#!/usr/bin/perl
# Learning RPerl, Section 4.5.2: Persistent State
# [[[ PREPROCESSOR ]]]
# <<< EXECUTE_SUCCESS: 'inside foo(), received $pseudo_state_in_foo = 0' >>>
# <<< EXECUTE_SUCCESS: 'inside foo(), have modified $pseudo_state_in_foo = 1' >>>
# <<< EXECUTE_SUCCESS: 'inside foo(), received $pseudo_state_in_foo = 1' >>>
# <<< EXECUTE_SUCCESS: 'inside foo(), have modified $pseudo_state_in_foo = 2' >>>
# <<< EXECUTE_SUCCESS: 'inside foo(), received $pseudo_state_in_foo = 2' >>>
# <<< EXECUTE_SUCCESS: 'inside foo(), have modified $pseudo_state_in_foo = 3' >>>
# <<< EXECUTE_SUCCESS: 'inside foo(), received $pseudo_state_in_foo = 3' >>>
# <<< EXECUTE_SUCCESS: 'inside foo(), have modified $pseudo_state_in_foo = 4' >>>
# <<< EXECUTE_SUCCESS: 'inside foo(), received $pseudo_state_in_foo = 4' >>>
# <<< EXECUTE_SUCCESS: 'inside foo(), have modified $pseudo_state_in_foo = 5' >>>
# [[[ 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 ]]]
sub foo {
{ my integer $RETURN_TYPE };
( my integer $pseudo_state_in_foo ) = @ARG;
print 'inside foo(), received $pseudo_state_in_foo = ', $pseudo_state_in_foo, "\n";
$pseudo_state_in_foo++;
print 'inside foo(), have modified $pseudo_state_in_foo = ', $pseudo_state_in_foo, "\n";
return $pseudo_state_in_foo;
}
# [[[ OPERATIONS ]]]
my integer $pseudo_state = 0;
$pseudo_state = foo($pseudo_state);
$pseudo_state = foo($pseudo_state);
$pseudo_state = foo($pseudo_state);
$pseudo_state = foo($pseudo_state);
$pseudo_state = foo($pseudo_state);