our EXPR our TYPE EXPR our EXPR : ATTRS our TYPE EXPR : ATTRS "our" associates a simple name with a package variable in the current package for use within the current scope. When "use strict 'vars'" is in effect, "our" lets you use declared global variables without qualifying them with package names, within the lexical scope of the "our" declaration. In this way "our" differs from "use vars", which is package scoped.