in reply to Re: Global symbol requires explicit package name
in thread Global symbol requires explicit package name

Of course he's using use strict;, or otherwise he wouldn't get that error message.

But apparently it's not clear to him what it means. I can't really blame him, I find this error message quite unclear myself. But after a long time of seeing this kind of error message, you eventually get used to it.

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Re^3: Global symbol requires explicit package name
by Anonymous Monk on Nov 09, 2007 at 08:44 UTC
    Its not a pair of shoes. If you're using strict, read the documentation.
      try to be helpful instead of pretending to be smart. Newbees are coming here all the time. your answer is worthless to say the least. How a bout a reaason why and an example how not to have the problem again or dont bother responding.