From: "Gary Hawkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

> >     #!perl -w
> >     my $x = 'Ahoj';
> >     print "$x\n";
> >     package foo;
> >     print "$x\n";
> >     __END__
> >
> > I believe packages are completely irrelevant to lexical (declared
> > with my()) variables.
> >
> 
> I was following it up until this, but may have missed the point, maybe
> because I haven't run into a need to use package that way, or didn't
> realize its usefulness.
> 
> Simple enough that a different value of $x in the second print is out
> of the question due to 'my', I hope.
> 
> How many "things" can packages be?  Is this foo a file?

No this "foo" doesn't have to be a file. You can "have" several 
packages in one file and "switch" between them.

I don't know how to explain what ARE packages though.
Try if
        perldoc perlmod
makes sense to you.

Jenda

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