tina@lugosi:~$ perl -Mstrict -wle' sub handler {  our $x = 23;  sub inner {      print "inner before: $x";      $x = $x + 42;      print "inner: $x";  } } inner(); ' Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at -e line 5. inner before: Use of uninitialized value in addition (+) at -e line 5. inner: 42