Re: plperl & sort

On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 10:54, Andrew Gierth <andrew(at)tao11(dot)riddles(dot)org(dot)uk> wrote:
>>>>>> "nathan" == nathan wagner <nw(at)hydaspes(dot)if(dot)org> writes:
>
> nathan> Completely untested speculation based on my knowledge of perl
> nathan> and a bit of reading:
>
> nathan> The reason you can't see $a and $b is that sort internally
> nathan> sets these variables in the main package. That is, sort is
> nathan> setting $main::a and $main::b, and when you run the plperl
> nathan> code in the safe compartment, main:: isn't visible any more.
>
> Nice theory, but completely wrong: sort creates $a and $b in the
> current package, not in main::.

current package is main ;)