#!/usr/bin/env perl use 5.010_000; use strict; use warnings; { package MyTest; my $global = 'global variable'; our $package = 'package variable'; sub access_global { return $global } 1; } { package main; my $package_var = $MyTest::package; my $global_var = MyTest::access_global(); my $warning_var = eval { $MyTest::global }; say ">$_<" for $package_var, $global_var, $warning_var; } __END__ >package variable< >global variable< >< Name "MyTest::global" used only once: possible typo at /Users/io1/Workspace/example/package_variables.pl line 16. Use of uninitialized value $_ in concatenation (.) or string at /Users/io1/Workspace/example/package_variables.pl line 18.