Hi all ! I'm trying (unsuccessfully) to use "our" variables outside of their defining package without qualifying them by the package name . Example follows. I tried with Perl 5.8.8 on Windows (XP) and AIX (5.3) with the same result. The package (file tryOur.pm): 
#!/usr/bin/perl
# -----------------
package tryOur;
our $ExecDir = "/usr/local/bin";
#
1;

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The "caller" : 
#!/usr/bin/perl
# ----------------
use tryOur;


printf ("U line  %d: ExecDir=%s\n",__LINE__,$ExecDir);

printf ("U line  %d: ExecDir=%s\n",

        __LINE__,$tryOur::ExecDir);

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The result on the screen: 
U line 6: ExecDir=

U line 7: ExecDir=/usr/local/bin

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Why don't i get the value of $ExecDir when not prefixing it with the package name ? I'm sure to do something wrong, but what ? Thanks in advance. Didier

In reply to I can't see "our" variables from outside the package by didess

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