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reasonablekeith,
Here is a clue - what happens when you forget about closures and run the following code?

#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;

my $cnt = 0;
print $cnt++, "\n";
print $cnt++, "\n";
print $cnt += 10, "\n";
print $cnt++, "\n";
print $cnt++, "\n";
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The ++ operator (see perlop) first retrieves the current value and then increments the value when used as post-increment.

Start at 0
Return 0, make $cnt 1
Return 1, make $cnt 2
Return 2 + 10, make $cnt 12
Return 12, make $cnt 13
Return 13, make $cnt 14

Cheers - L~R

In reply to Re^3: understanding closures by Limbic~Region
in thread understanding closures by reasonablekeith

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