=over =item my VARLIST X =item my TYPE VARLIST =item my VARLIST : ATTRS =item my TYPE VARLIST : ATTRS A C declares the listed variables to be local (lexically) to the enclosing block, file, or C. If more than one variable is listed, the list must be placed in parentheses. The exact semantics and interface of TYPE and ATTRS are still evolving. TYPE may be a bareword, a constant declared with C, or C<__PACKAGE__>. It is currently bound to the use of the C pragma, and attributes are handled using the C pragma, or starting from Perl 5.8.0 also via the C module. See L for details, and L, L, and L. Note that with a parenthesised list, C can be used as a dummy placeholder, for example to skip assignment of initial values: my ( undef, $min, $hour ) = localtime; =back