That's a bit misleading. Benchmark::cmpthese will be available in your entire program - in both packages. And so will Foo::cmpthese, for that matter. "package scope" is a bit of a misnomer, as there isn't a place where a package end (unlike a lexical scope).

I like to compare the package statement to the effects of cd. And if you do: 

    cd /Foo                          # package Foo;
    ln /Benchmark/cmpthese cmpthese  # use Benchmark qw{cmpthese};
    cd ~                             # package main;
    ./cmpthese                       # cmpthese();

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you get "no such file or directory". But that doesn't mean the link /Foo/cmpthese has ceased to exist.
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In reply to Re^3: Where and when you should place 'use module;'? by Perl Mouse
in thread Where and when you should place 'use module;'? by mulander

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