Re^2: eval('__PACKAGE__') is always main?!!!

You made a classic shell quoting error - use double quotes for the internal quotes:

perl -le 'package foo ;print eval("__PACKAGE__");'
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or, when your shell only gives you one flavour of quote, use Perls superior quoting facilities:

perl -le 'package foo ;print eval(q(__PACKAGE__));'
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Re^3: eval('__PACKAGE__') is always main?!!! by gaal (Parson) on Dec 23, 2004 at 20:21 UTC
Eek, you're right; the unquoted `__PACKAGE__` of course comes from the un-`eval`ed compile-time pass, and hence does say "foo". I can't find mention of this behavior in the docs (eval is where I'd like it to be), so yes, I'd consider this a bug.	[reply] [d/l] [select]