use strict; use warnings; sub func { my $calls = shift; my $strange = "Call $calls"; print "In func (start): $strange\n"; sub subfunc1 { print "In subfunc1: $strange\n"; $strange .= " even"; } sub subfunc2 { print "In subfunc2: $strange\n"; } subfunc1(); subfunc2(); print "In func (end): $strange\n"; } func(1); func(2); func(3); func(4); #### Variable "$strange" will not stay shared at closure2.pl line 10. Variable "$strange" will not stay shared at closure2.pl line 15. In func (start): Call 1 In subfunc1: Call 1 In subfunc2: Call 1 even In func (end): Call 1 even In func (start): Call 2 In subfunc1: Call 1 even In subfunc2: Call 1 even even In func (end): Call 2 In func (start): Call 3 In subfunc1: Call 1 even even In subfunc2: Call 1 even even even In func (end): Call 3 In func (start): Call 4 In subfunc1: Call 1 even even even In subfunc2: Call 1 even even even even In func (end): Call 4 #### use strict; use warnings; my $strange; sub subfunc1 { print "In subfunc1: $strange\n"; $strange .= " even"; } sub subfunc2 { print "In subfunc2: $strange\n"; } sub func { my $calls = shift; $strange = "Call $calls"; print "In func (start): $strange\n"; subfunc1(); subfunc2(); print "In func (end): $strange\n"; } func(1); func(2); func(3); func(4);