BEGIN { my $level = $ENV{'FOO_DEBUG'} || 0; eval "*Foo::DEBUG = sub () {$1}" if $level =~ m#^(\d+)$#s; } #BEGIN if (Foo::DEBUG) { print "We're debugging\n"; } #### sub BEGIN { my $level = $ENV{'FOO_DEBUG'} || 0; eval "*Foo::DEBUG = sub () {$1}" if $level =~ /^(\d+)$/s; } '???'; #### sub BEGIN { my $level = $ENV{'FOO_DEBUG'} || 0; eval "*Foo::DEBUG = sub () {$1}" if $level =~ /^(\d+)$/s; } do { print "We're debugging\n" };