Re^3: Is there a problem with using barewords as filehandles ?

Package variables *are* global (visible everywhere).

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Re^4: Is there a problem with using barewords as filehandles ? by LanX (Saint) on Jul 19, 2020 at 12:14 UTC
They are accessible everywhere. To become visible you either need to ... be in the right package use the fully qualified name be in the lexical scope of an our declaration In Perl, only certain special variables are truly global... Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :) Wikisyntax for the Monastery}	[reply]
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.	[reply]