Avoiding the problem is fine now that I know about it.
Normally I do say if ( m/(whatever)/ ){ assign} which is why I never noticed this before. But I've never heard anyone or read anything that equates dynamic scoping with anything other than local() in perl and I've seen the terms local and dynamic used interchangeably.

In my example (or at least the code it was reduced from) I did a match, saved the value and checked later for a defined value. If this was a "regular" dynamic scoped variable than I would be testing if it passed or failed, just later on.

I own and have read all the ORA Perl books (with the exception of Mastering Regular Expressions) and I don't recall it every being mentioned. I think it should be clarified in perlre is all.

-Lee

"To be civilized is to deny one's nature."

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