Re: [vox-tech] howto: perl modules and global variables

[Micah Cowan]

> [1] Quotes around global because perl does not really have globals per se.
> All variables are associated with some namespace. Variables in the default
> namespace mail can be treated as globals in most cases.

But not in this one.  The default namespace is that of the package you
are currently in.  If you want a global from the "main" namespace
(your initial one), you'll have to qualify it:  $main::globalvariable.

Micah