I guess this must be a stupid question, but I am stumped. I am using eval{} blocks to implement database transactions (or I would like to). I am putting my important updates inside an eval{} block. The problem seems to be that I can't pass variables between subroutines within an eval block.
Example: 
eval {
  $bl_id = insert_budget_line ();
  
  @bly_id = insert_budget_line_year (
    bl_id => $bl_id,
    planning_horizon => @planning_horizon,
  );
};

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In the above, $bl_id is visible within the eval block, but it is NOT visible inside of subroutine insert_budget_line_year().

What gives?

In reply to variable scope within eval{} by Stegalex

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