Eeek! Thanks, chromatic. As penance for my sin, I shall recite the appropriate scripture, from perldiag: 
       Can't call method "%s" without a package or object reference
           (F) You used the syntax of a method call, but the slot
           filled by the object reference or package name con­
           tains an expression that returns a defined value which
           is neither an object reference nor a package name.
           Something like this will reproduce the error:

               $BADREF = 42;
               process $BADREF 1,2,3;
               $BADREF->process(1,2,3);
Well, I guess that leaves me a bit cold, though -- the example is a bit contrived and its relation to the case at hand is far from obvious. Nickd_69's OP (and his various replies) should give enough info to figure out how this diagnostic applies to his particular case.

Could anyone enlighten us as to what this really means (and why one of the alternatives that I (cough) guessed at (ahem) seemed to solve the problem)? Thanks.

In reply to Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Global symbol requires explicit package name by graff
in thread Global symbol requires explicit package name by Nickd_69

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