Because if I have to type a variable name in two different files, my typo rate is fairly high. Therefore I really, really want to declare it in one file, and let strict.pm catch my typos everywhere else.
But putting use vars($var) does not make any difference from putting our $var; at the top of the file for this, or as far as I know any other use. In other words, I just use our as a direct replacement for vars. And if you do, there really isn't any difference (except that vars has more awkward scope).

And I don't use attributes on global variables (I do use them on global subroutines, though).

update: or are you really adding to the same package from different files as much as that? I really do that once or twice a year.

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