Re: Re: Getopt::Std dies or returns empty var

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Interesting. This works. I found some docs saying you had to use 'our' earlier, but the first time I tried running it 5.00503, it bitched about it being deprecated. Just ran it on 5.8 though and it worked. I'd assumed that if an earlier version barfed it, the newer one must be deprecated. This sucks too, cause the system I need it to run on can't really be upgraded :S

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Re:x3 Getopt::Std dies or returns empty var by grinder (Bishop) on Mar 11, 2004 at 13:50 UTC
the system I need it to run on can't really be upgraded In that case, rather than declaring the variable with `our $opt_u` you should (must) declare a package variable with `use vars qw/$opt_u/`. Compatibility with older Perl interpreters is the main reason why I don't use `our` in my code.	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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