use strict; { my $x; $x = 1; print "\$x=$x\n"; } { my $x; $x +=1; print "\$x=$x\n"; } # and { our $y; $y = 1; print "\$y=$y\n"; } { our $y; $y +=1; print "\$y=$y\n"; } # and see the globals in the main namespace print "\$main::x=$main::x, \$main::y=$main::y\n";