Special package variables when usingsort(), see"sort" in perlfunc. Because of this specialness$a and$b don't need to be declared (usinguse vars, orour()) even when using thestrict 'vars' pragma. Don't lexicalize them withmy $a ormy $b if you want to be able to use them in thesort() comparison block or function.
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