Redeclaring a variable means its value is reset. This means a change to $DEBUG in the main script would have no effect in the companion file. I don't relish the idea of having to go and manually set debug variables in every one of the companion files (I currently have sixteen of them, and the list may grow yet more), save them, then reupload ALL of them to the server every time I want to debug something--then of course reverse the process to stop debugging. Joy! Doesn't that sound Perlish? ...all instead of just importing a variable. I truly have a hard time wrapping my mind around this major lapse in the Perl capabilities.

Blessings,

~Polyglot~

In reply to Re^6: How to import "global" variables into sub-scripts from main script? by Polyglot
in thread How to import "global" variables into sub-scripts from main script? by Polyglot

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.