Your coding style is peculiar, probably C'ish? ;)

> our tells you something is "global" where you declare the variable, but it doesn't tell you that where you use it.

I have problems to follow. our $var creates a lexically scoped alias to a package variable $PKG::var whith PKG for the current __PACKAGE__ . If you are afraid to loose count "where you use it" just limit the scope, much the same way you do with private vars declared with my.

> of a g prefix is an immediate and obvious reminder at the point of use that this is a global variable.

Then maybe consider full qualification instead of a g_ prefix.

Using $PKG::var is IMHO much clearer, and $::var is a handy shortcut for $main::var

Cheers Rolf
(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :)
Wikisyntax for the Monastery

In reply to Re^6: Pointers and References by LanX
in thread Pointers and References by Leudwinus

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