$ perl -e'use strict;@1=(666)' $ perl -e'use strict;@STDOUT=(666)' $ perl -e'use strict;@ENV=(666)' #but $ perl -e'use strict;@a=(42)' Global symbol "@a" requires explicit package name (did you forget to declare "my @a"?) at -e line 1. $ perl -e'print $]' 5.040003$