I read all of the replies to the node What can we assume in a BEGIN block ? and although I think I understand them, it does not help me understand the following:

Why, when compiling this code, using strict, does the compiler complain about the symbols not being defined? 

#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
print keys %aa,", $bb, @cc\n";
BEGIN {our %aa=(1,11); our $bb=22; our @cc=(3,33); }

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I thought that everything in the BEGIN block is parsed first, hence the symbol names (aa, bb and cc) are defined, before the rest of the code is parsed. Obviously I am wrong. Yet it also seems to work if strict is turned off.

Output with use strict 

Global symbol "%aa" requires explicit package name at test.pl line 3.
Global symbol "$bb" requires explicit package name at test.pl line 3.
Global symbol "@cc" requires explicit package name at test.pl line 3.
BEGIN not safe after errors--compilation aborted at test.pl line 8.

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Output with # use strict (no strict) 
1, 22, 3 33

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I am confused...

Sandy

In reply to Confusion about BEGIN block by Sandy

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