I tried looking help from perldoc.com, but it wasn't much useful at the matter. I use a require function in my index.pl script, the meaning of the function is to include selected code, if it is needed. Now, a short example looks like this 
my $relative_map = 'relative.lib';

require "$cgi_dir/$sub_search_form" unless ($gbook);

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That required code is a normal perl-code, without any sub-programs, but that $relative_map variable just doesn't get passed to it? I have understood that variable defined as lexical can be read from anywhere in the current 'scope', but not higher from the point where defined. (i can't explain this better, english not native language..) Simply put: why can't that required code read that variable?

In reply to require function not passing lexical variable by mellin

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