Re: use vars in a require()d file

in reply to use vars in a require()d file

Unlike pragmas that affect the `$^H' hints variable, the `use vars'
and `use subs' declarations are not BLOCK-scoped. They are thus
effective for the entire file in which they appear. You may not
rescind such declarations with `no vars' or `no subs'.
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Note the phrase entire file. So, when you declare $qux, $quo, and $zip in foobarbaz.pl, perl has already forgetten that they were declared via use vars by the time you get around to reading them in program.pl. However, the symbol table is more permanent, which is why you can still access them by explicitly specifying package main.

Update

Whoops, guess you shouldn't always believe the docs... it does look like the behavior follows chromatic's explanation.

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Re (tilly) 2: use vars in a require()d file by tilly (Archbishop) on Mar 12, 2001 at 07:58 UTC
chromatic is right. However the documentation for vars should be updated to make it clear that a vars declaration is actually package scoped, not file scoped. In other words that global has been declared, and will be considered declared in every file you encounter from then on as long as they are all in the same package. Of course if you are following good Perl tradition and writing lots of modules with private packages, the issue won't come up...	[reply]

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Re (tilly) 2: use vars in a require()d file
by tilly (Archbishop) on Mar 12, 2001 at 07:58 UTC

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