OK.. This is driving me crazy. In package x, I have @list = ('a','b','c'). In package y, (after requiring package x), I try: my($a,$b,$c)=(); $a = 'Here'; $b = 'Present': $c = 'Me too'; for(@x::list){ if ($$_) {print "$_ has a value"} } but this does not work using 'my'. I too have moved to stict to support mod_perl (what an excercise!). Why do I do this? I collect form variables (stored in $a,$b,$c) but if they are in @a::list (or better yet, a comma separated database column), they are user-required (and display an error to user if missing). Is this a bad use for symbolic references? What would you do?

In reply to Re^2: when is "my" not necessary? by whillers
in thread when is "my" not necessary? by argv

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