I just wanted to point out that I couldn't get any of the posted answers to work. Perhaps its a flaw in the way I implemented them so below is the code i tried and its output. 

use strict;
use warnings;

my $test = q[print $a;];
my $a = "doesn't stop me\n";

sub eval_it {
    eval shift;
}

{ package safezone;
  sub eval_it {
    eval shift;
  }
}


warn "regular eval";
eval $test;

warn "eval_it";
eval_it $test;

warn "safezone::eval_it";
safezone::eval_it $test;

warn "Prepend package";
eval "package safezone; $test";

__DATA__
regular eval at eval.pl line 18.
doesn't stop me
eval_it at eval.pl line 21.
doesn't stop me
safezone::eval_it at eval.pl line 24.
doesn't stop me
Prepend package at eval.pl line 27.
doesn't stop me

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In reply to Re: limiting scope of 'eval'?? by eric256
in thread limiting scope of 'eval'?? by ManFromNeptune

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