Seems not useful. $ cat t.pl { package A; use strict;
sub _foo { print "hello,world\n"; } } { package B; use strict; A::_foo(); print $A::{_foo},"\n"; # _foo is in A's symbol table } $ perl t.pl hello,world *A::_foo >by convention any function, variable, or hash key that begins with an >underscore, '_', >is considered to be private. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/