$ cat deb.pl #!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use Getopt::Long; my $FOO_DEBUG_MODE; BEGIN { GetOptions("debug", \$FOO_DEBUG_MODE) } use constant FOO_DEBUG_MODE => $FOO_DEBUG_MODE; print "debug statment\n" if FOO_DEBUG_MODE; print "done!\n"; #### $ perl -MO=Deparse deb.pl use Getopt::Long; BEGIN {${^WARNING_BITS} = "UUUUUUUUUUUU"} use strict 'refs'; my $FOO_DEBUG_MODE; sub BEGIN { GetOptions 'debug', \$FOO_DEBUG_MODE; } use constant ('FOO_DEBUG_MODE', $FOO_DEBUG_MODE); '???'; print "done!\n"; deb.pl syntax OK #### $ perl -MO=Deparse deb.pl -debug use Getopt::Long; BEGIN {${^WARNING_BITS} = "UUUUUUUUUUUU"} use strict 'refs'; my $FOO_DEBUG_MODE; sub BEGIN { GetOptions 'debug', \$FOO_DEBUG_MODE; } use constant ('FOO_DEBUG_MODE', $FOO_DEBUG_MODE); print "debug statment\n"; print "done!\n"; deb.pl syntax OK