I've got a module that has some assorted functions, and some package-global data at the top (three scalars, each declared with 'my'). This data is being a little screwy. I'm running my code in the ptk debugger, and watching the value of my package-global variables.

So the three variables get set, and that shows up fine. Then a function elsewhere in the module gets called. Immediately these variables become undefined. Nobody's redeclaring them, or even touching them. Upon returning to the original function, two of the three variables remain undefined. The third gets its original value back.

However, if I refer to the variables inside the called function (such as by printing them), they don't lose their values.

What gives?

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