in reply to Re: What does '::' mean in constructs '$::foo' and '@::foo'?
in thread What does '::' mean in constructs '$::foo' and '@::foo'?

Nit: It actually refers the var in the root namespace, but main is aliased to the root namespace, so the following all refer to the same var:
$::var $main::var $main::main::var $main::main::main::var etc