Global symbol $AUTOLOAD requires explicit package name at

Scarborough has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Dear Monks

I have looked at AUTOLOAD on the perldocs and found this

If an AUTOLOAD is found, this method is called on behalf of the missing method, setting the package global $AUTOLOAD to be the fully qualified name of the method that was intended to be called.

I've tried this

   package mypackage;
   use strict;

   missingsub('a','b');

   sub AUTOLOAD{

       my $args = @_; #I'm getting these args.
       print $AUTOLOAD; #but this gives me a syntex error
                        #Global symbol $AUTOLOAD requires explicit pac
+kage name at..
   }
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Where am I going wrong.

UPDATE$AUTOLOAD is there I can see it in debug but I can only use it with strict off it seems

20040910 Edit by broquaint: Changed title from 'AUTOLOAD not doing what I expected'

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Re: Global symbol $AUTOLOAD requires explicit package name at by gellyfish (Monsignor) on Sep 09, 2004 at 14:07 UTC
Yep you need to: `use vars qw($AUTOLOAD); or our $AUTOLOAD;` [download] In the appropriate package. /J\	[reply] [d/l]
Re: Global symbol $AUTOLOAD requires explicit package name at by trammell (Priest) on Sep 09, 2004 at 14:18 UTC
`$AUTOLOAD` is a package global, so you can make the error go away by referring to it as e.g. `$mypackage::AUTOLOAD`.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re: Global symbol $AUTOLOAD requires explicit package name at by Prior Nacre V (Hermit) on Sep 09, 2004 at 14:35 UTC
There's further information on this in pertoot. It's also recommended that you trap DESTROY() methods: this might be applicable to your application; it's generally a good defensive programming manoeuvre. Regards, PN5	[reply]
Re: Global symbol $AUTOLOAD requires explicit package name at by Scarborough (Hermit) on Sep 09, 2004 at 16:14 UTC
Thanks for your help on this one. With the other answer I got today to another question, I have had my most productive day this year.	[reply]