C:\>perl -MO=Deparse -e "$foo = 'bar'"; $foo = 'bar'; -e syntax OK C:\>perl -MO=Deparse -e "$main::foo = 'bar'"; $foo = 'bar'; -e syntax OK C:\>perl -MO=Deparse -e "$::foo = 'bar'"; $foo = 'bar'; -e syntax OK