Re: Re: Re: Help needed understanding global variables in Perl

Are punctuation variables truly global or are they forced to be in main:: when unqualified?

-Lee

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Re: Re: Re: Re: Help needed understanding global variables in Perl by Juerd (Abbot) on Mar 05, 2002 at 14:12 UTC
They are forced into main::, but they are global. You can abuse this by starting your string with a control character: `${^Foo}` is also forced into main::. (it's actually `${"\cFoo"}`) ++ vs lbh qrpbqrq guvf hfvat n ge va Crey :) Nabgure bar vs lbh qvq fb jvgubhg ernqvat n znahny svefg. -- vs lbh hfrq OFQ pnrfne ;) - Whreq	[reply]