Re: Text::Template and the Binding of Package Variables

I never really use our, but as I understand it those are lexical avriables. You need to use globals if you want this to work (i.e. use vars).

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Re: Re: Text::Template and the Binding of Package Variables by princepawn (Parson) on Oct 03, 2003 at 19:56 UTC
They are lexical variables, but I they are also package lexicals... to contrast: my variables do not have a package assoc'ed with them - they hang off of a piece of code. But `our` variables are package variables with lexical scope. The manpage talks about `my` variables as not working, but it may be that what you are saying about my variables applies. Carter's compass: I know I'm on the right track when by deleting something, I'm adding functionality.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: Re: Re: Text::Template and the Binding of Package Variables by perrin (Chancellor) on Oct 03, 2003 at 20:31 UTC
Kind of seems like it should work, actually. You are assigning values to $main::start_date and $main::end_date and then your template runs in package main:: and refers to $start_date and $end_date without strict turned on. Maybe there's something special about the use of the main:: package. You could try declaring a package in your program and see if that helps.	[reply]