in reply to non-global $/

I expected that $/ would be package specific, it doesnt seem to be,

That's what my does.

local has a good explanation here: Variable Scoping in Perl: the basics

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Re^2: non-global $/
by Jenda (Abbot) on Jun 22, 2005 at 15:33 UTC

    Nope. my() doesn't care about packages. 

    use strict;
my $x = 5;
print "\$x in main package=$x\n";
package other;
print "\$x in other package=$x\n";

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      Indeed, but in his context, my would be more suited.

      Update: Thanks monkey_boy for pointing me that Can't use global $/ in "my"
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        my $/ = 'Foo';

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        Wont compile: 
        Can't use global $/ in "my"

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