> -----Original Message----- > From: Jeff Pang [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 31 October 2008 09:38 > To: Perl Beginners [Beginners Perl] > Subject: RE: How to put a global variable in a package, accessible to > users of that package? > > > > Message du 31/10/08 10:25 > > De : "Stewart Anderson" > > A : "mrstevegross" , beginners@perl.org > > > > === foo.pl === > > > package foo; > > > use constant VAR => "someval"; > > > > > > === bar.pl === > > > use foo; > > > print $foo::VAR; > > > > > > It doesn't appear to be working; it compiles ok, but it prints > > > nothing. I thought it would print "someval". > > > > > That looks interesting. How do people use that kind of constant > > assignment. > That was not interesting. $foo::VAR is a wrong usage on his case. See > Shawn's answer. > Thanks Jeff, I had read Shawn's answer, I was asking about the technique and how/where/why it gets used, not whether the person asking for assistance had done it "correctly."
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