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in reply to Re: Re: Help needed understanding global variables in Perl
in thread Help needed understanding global variables in Perl

Are punctuation variables truly global or are they forced to be in main:: when unqualified?

-Lee

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Re: Re: Re: Re: Help needed understanding global variables in Perl
by Juerd (Abbot) on Mar 05, 2002 at 14:12 UTC
    They are forced into main::, but they are global. You can abuse this by starting your string with a control character: ${^Foo} is also forced into main::. (it's actually ${"\cFoo"})

    ++ vs lbh qrpbqrq guvf hfvat n ge va Crey :)
    Nabgure bar vs lbh qvq fb jvgubhg ernqvat n znahny svefg.
    -- vs lbh hfrq OFQ pnrfne ;)
        - Whreq