I don't actually think it will be necessarily apparent though. With test.pl:

use strict;
use warnings;
use Employee
my $person = Employee->new();
$person->name("bob");
$name = $person->name;
print "hello, ";
print $name;
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Global symbol "$person" requires explicit package name at test.pl line
+ 5.
Global symbol "$name" requires explicit package name at test.pl line 6
+.
Global symbol "$person" requires explicit package name at test.pl line
+ 6.
Global symbol "$name" requires explicit package name at test.pl line 8
+.
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The problem is the missing semi-colon after use Employee. The "my $person" line is taken as an import to request from Employee, and is executed at compile time in a scope all its own, so the rest of the program doesn't use a lexical $person, and the global $person isn't ever set.

However, the important points to note:
1. strict makes the declaration for $name required, removing that as a possible problem.
2. Global symbol "$person" requires explicit package name at test.pl line 5. makes it apparent that there's a problem with the declaration of $person.
3. Once you know there's a problem with the declaration of $person, you look at that line and the line above. You quickly find the missing semi-colon.

Hence, the readily-apparent comment. :-)

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