$ perl -e'use strict; our $x=$x;' $ perl -e'use strict; our $x=qr/(??{ $x })/;' Variable "$x" is not imported at (re_eval 1) line 2. Global symbol "$x" requires explicit package name at (re_eval 1) line 2. Compilation failed in regexp at -e line 1. $ perl -e'use strict; my $x = qr/(??{ $x })/;' Global symbol "$x" requires explicit package name at (re_eval 1) line 2. Compilation failed in regexp at -e line 1.