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in thread Is there a problem with using barewords as filehandles ?

They are accessible everywhere.

To become visible you either need to ...

In Perl, only certain special variables are truly global...

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Re^5: Is there a problem with using barewords as filehandles ?
by ikegami (Patriarch) on Jul 19, 2020 at 23:23 UTC

    Except it's always visible. Yes, you can only use its abbreviated name in some places. So? That doesn't reduce its scope.