in reply to Re: symbol table vs. eval
in thread symbol table vs. eval

Caveat: Your solution won't work if $my_variable_name is a lexical (my) variable. It will only work if it's a package (our) variable.

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Re^3: symbol table vs. eval
by raflach (Pilgrim) on Feb 23, 2006 at 18:51 UTC
    I am working with package variables, so in this case I'm OK, but I do wonder why I can't declare it using 'our' (see my post below). Thanks!