(this is a question about perl 5.003) i'm trying to "improve" existing code, and adding 'use strict;'

unfortunately one of the variables is set in an "include" file which is pulled by 'require'. Can I make this work? E.g.

==== main.pl ====

use strict;
my $ReqVar;
my $LocVar;
require include_file.pl;

$LocVar = $ReqVar;

<<at this point I'd like $LocVar to be foo,
but when strict and my are used $LocVar is blank
although it IS set to foo when 'my' is omitted>>

==== end of main.pl ====


==== include_file.pl ====

$ReqVar = "foo";
1;

==== end of _include_file.pl ====

thanks for hints -- I've read APP for 'strict' and 'require' and don't know if there's actually a solution. I'm constrained by this being existing code, which works when 'strict' and 'my' are not used. (It looks like 'our' in 5.6 would do this, but we're stuck at 5.003)

Alan

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