Hi!

I have a main script and a module I created myself:

main.pl:

#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use warnings;
use lib ".";
use failingFormat qw (&printFormat);

printFormat ("TEST", "Testing to print the TEST format.");

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failingFormat.pm:

#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;
use warnings;
use Exporter;

my $PKG        = "failingFormat";
our $VERSION   = "0.0.01";
our @ISA       = qw (Exporter);
our @EXPORT_OK = qw (
                    &printFormat
                    );

my $text2print;

sub printFormat {
    $~          = shift;
    $text2print = shift;
    write;
    $~          = "STDOUT";
}

format TEST =
    ^<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
    $text2print
~~  ^<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
    $text2print
.

1;

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In Perl v5.8.8, this works OK, but in v5.10.0 it complains about $text2print being uninitialized. To get this to work, I have to declare $text2print in main.pl:

our $text2print

And then use that parameter in my module ($main::text2print).

Is that a feature or a fault introduced in the later version?

In reply to Must use global variables in format in module; feature or fault? by w8lle

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