hi everyone; first post here :)

i'm trying to use a module to open files indirectly and export the handle. i'm using perl version ~5.

module: 
package MyPackage;
use Symbol qw( gensym );
...
sub import {
        MyPackage->export_to_level(1, @_);
}
sub open_file {
        my ($handle, $file) = @_;
        ${$handle} = gensym();
        open *${$handle}, $file || die;
        import(*${$handle}); # this apparently isn't working?
}

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the file: 
use MyPackage;
use strict;
...
open_file('LOG', 'log.txt');
while (<$LOG>) { print; } # yields the following:
Global symbol "$LOG" requires explicit package name at ./moduletest.pl
+ line 21.
Execution of ./moduletest.pl aborted due to compilation errors.

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thanks for any guidance you can provide.

In reply to modules, exporting, and indirect filehandles by eff_i_g

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