Hi monks, I'm having this problem that I find very confusing, but which (I'm certain) has an easy answer which I can't find specifically addressed in the Q&A section or elsewhere.

Basically I have a perl library (.pl) file. In it I declare a global variable our $var to be used in other modules via require etc. I also use strict; and use warnings;. In my perl module (.pm) this warning appears when I start using the 'global' variable: Global symbol "$var" requires explicit package name...

When I remove the use strict this error does not appear, but I suspect that the problem remains. Am I right in believing the $var variable is being re-declared in the perl module or has it become local to the perl module file, and the declaration our $var in the perl library file is ignored?

All I want to do is use the straight $var in other files and for $var to act like a true global variable.

simple code mock-up: 

#-----file1.pl-----
use strict;
use warnings;

our $var = 1;
#------------------

#-----file2.pm-----
use strict;
use warnings;

require 'file1.pl';

$var = 2;    # <-- This doesn't work, but it is supposed to be global,
+ right?

#------------------

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In reply to strict/warnings interference with global declarations by v_o_i_d

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