Can anyone explain to me why the
scalar $ENV
doesn't show up in a package with its
"fully-qualified" package name?
% cat xxx.pl
package script;
$env = 1;
$ENV = 2;
print "\$env = '$env'\n";
print "\$ENV = '$ENV'\n";
print "\$script::env = '$script::env'\n";
print "\$script::ENV = '$script::ENV'\n";
% perl xxx.pl
$env = '1'
$ENV = '2'
$script::env = '1'
$script::ENV = ''
%
I suppose this has something to do with
the special status of %ENV,
but that sure seems to run counter to
the usual distinction between
a same-named scalar and hash.
This behavior is consistent on Perl 5.00
345 and 5.6.0,
so it's not a version-specific bug, at least...