Global variables generally make me uneasy. Given this, I've always used strict; and declared everything with my (guess that's a given with use strict;)

What I didn't quite understand is that my variables that are declared in the main body of a program are accessable anywhere within that file/package. I realized this after I accidentially did what I thought you could not do; use a variable within a sub that was defined in the body of the script and not passed to the sub.

Now my question is more on the subject of best practices with Perl. Is it considered a faux pas to refrence these varialbes globally? Or is it considered redundant to pass them subs?

Or is there some other practice that I'm unaware of?

Thanks in advance
Rich

In reply to Top level my vars and their global use in a file by rchiav

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