How has support for state variables changed across recent Perl versions?

Perl, state variables, Perl 5.10, Perl 5.32, state behavior, variable scope

This document discusses the evolution of state variables support in Perl across different versions, highlighting improvements and changes from Perl 5.10 to Perl 5.32.


        # Example of a state variable in Perl
        sub counter {
            state $count = 0;  # This variable retains its value between calls
            $count++;
            return $count;
        }

        print counter();  # Outputs: 1
        print counter();  # Outputs: 2
        print counter();  # Outputs: 3