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Exporting dynamic variables delayed until runtime?
# ./Foo.pm
my sub EXPORT(*@a) {
say "in EXPORT";
( '$*FOO' => ++state $ ).hash;
}
============== works as expected
$ perl6 -I. -e 'use Foo; say $*FOO; { use Foo; say $*FOO }; say $*FOO'
in EXPORT
in EXPORT
1
2
1
============== but not at compile time
$ perl6 -I. -e 'use Foo; BEGIN say $*FOO; { use Foo; BEGIN say $*FOO }; BEGIN say $*FOO'
in EXPORT
===SORRY!===
Dynamic variable $*FOO not found
============== unless we set up stuff at compile time, but then we get the wrong value
BEGIN PROCESS::<$FOO>=0; use Foo; BEGIN say $*FOO; { use Foo; BEGIN say $*FOO }; BEGIN say $*FOO'
in EXPORT
0
in EXPORT
0
0
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