Yet another question from a floundering Perler-wannabe... I am testing the use of global variables, since my shop has a couple of dozen scripts using the same variables. Here's my test script (named "testuse.pl" in my directory): 
   #!perl;

   use warnings;

   use Fleece;

   my $BNAME = Mary;
   print "$BNAME had a little lamb, little lamb, little lamb,\n";
   print "$BNAME had a little lamb,\n";
   print "It's fleece was $fleece.\n";

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Here's the "Fleece" module, which I created:
   package Fleece;

   use strict;
   use warnings;
   use Exporter;

   $fleece = "white as snow.\n";

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The Fleece module is in my Perl\site\lib directory (I read somewhere that non-core modules should go in that directory), named "Fleece.pm".

When I try to run the testuse script, I get the following error:
Global symbol "$fleece" requires explicit package name at C:/Perl/lib/
+Fleece.pm line 7.
Compilation failed in require at testuse.pl line 5.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at testuse.pl line 5.

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Any suggestions? By the way, I'm running Windows 2000, if that makes a difference.

In reply to problem referencing global variable in self-written module by yburge

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