Leo clarified this as a problem with backward branch circa 3/12/03:

Sorry to be a pain in the butt, but I need to be told that there has
been no improvement in the last two months on this ;-(

.sub _main
        goto L1
test:
        $I1 = 1
        ret
L1:
        $I2 = 2
        call test
        print $I2               # prints 1, not 2
        end
.end

Surely it can't just be me that thinks this is rather fundamental?
How fundamental *is* the problem, can it *ever* be fixed?

Again, sorry to be a pain, but I'd like the truth/an update, please!
Or some hints... file level variables... better ways to code this...

Pete
PS use parrot -o and examine the output .pasm:, $I1 and $I2 (or
.local int i, .local int j) get assigned the same register.