in reply to importing arrays from other module

If it's just quick and dirty, then don't use packages. In otherfile.pl, do:
our @p = (1, 2, 3, 4, 5);
and in somefile.pl:
require "foo.pl"; our @p; print "@p\n";
No import/export needed (as you're using just one namespace). Of course, if you're really dirty, you can leave out the our as well - just make sure you aren't using strict either (or use full path names).