> I knew all of this, however since I didn't declare the include file to > contain a package I assumed that all variables would be brought into the > main:: namespace. > Why is this not the case?
It is the case. Variables in the required file are in the main:: namespace. However, variables declared with my do not reside in the main:: namespace. They are lexically scoped variables, and their namespace is the one belonging to the innermost block enclosing the my declaration; in this case, presumably the file scope of the main script file. Declaring with our would put them into main::. Jason Elbaum _______________________________________________ Perl mailing list [email protected] http://perl.org.il/mailman/listinfo/perl
