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define local dynamically-scoped variables, while my is used for local lexically-scoped variables. Since dynamic scoping is less common today, the Perl documentation warns that "local isn't what most people think of as "local".". Instead, the local keyword gives a temporary, dynamically-scoped value to a global (package) variable, which lasts until the end of the enclosing block. However, the variable is visible to any function called from within the

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