I've wanted to do this before. That is just one reason why I want to be able to write:     eval "my \$$bar;" if $workAround BEGIN; where the statement-modifier BEGIN prevents the introduction of a new scope and stringy eval is changed to (be able to) avoid introducing a new level of scope.

But I'd probably do what you want with something like:

    my $code= <FILE>;
    eval "my \$$bar;\n#line 1 "file"\n$code";
    die $@   if  $@;
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I think.

        - tye (but my friends call me "Tye")