Looks like the code you are evaling isn't strict compatible. You should check the value of $@ right after your eval. For instance, try this script with and without strict: 
#!/usr/bin/perl -wT
use strict;

my $c;
my $code = '$global = 10; $c = 6';
eval $code;
die $@ if $@;
print "\$c = $c\n";

__END__

=head1 OUTPUT with strict
Global symbol "$global" requires explicit package name at (eval 1) lin
+e 1.

=head2 OUTPUT w/o strict
$c = 6

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Also, your slurp-and-eval would be cleaner as a require or a do instead.

-Blake

In reply to Re: Re: dereferencing stuff by blakem
in thread Getting keys/values from a referenced hash by professa

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