On Mon, 5 Aug 2013 15:18:04 -0700, Jim Gibson wrote: > It's pretty easy to find out:
> 50% echo '$x = 1;' | perl > 51% echo 'use 5.12.0; $x = 1;' | perl > Global symbol "$x" requires explicit package name at - line 1. > Execution of - aborted due to compilation errors. > 52% perl -v > This is perl 5, version 12, subversion 3 (v5.12.3) built for > darwin-thread-multi-2level > (with 2 registered patches, see perl -V for more detail) My curiosity had been stimulated & I came up with the below before I logged on to email it & read your reply. (I use Cygwin Perl 5.14.0) #!/usr/bin/perl $var = "A_Value"; # No error produced. #!/usr/bin/perl use strict; $var = "A_Value" # Output # Global symbol "$var" requires explicit package name at ./t line 4. # Execution of ./t aborted due to compilation errors. #!/usr/bin/perl use 5.12.0; $var = "Avalue"; # Output # Global symbol "$var" requires explicit package name at ./t line 4. # Execution of ./t aborted due to compilation errors. -- Peter Gordon, pete...@netspace.net.au on 08/06/2013 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
