perlquestion gmpassos Is that right? <code> package foo ; print eval('__PACKAGE__'); </code> <b>Output:</b> <code> main </code> The sense tell me that should be foo! I tested this on Perl 5.6.1 and 5.8.3 and the output is the same. <p> Is that a bug or an odd behavior? <p> <b>UP:</b> Note that the main idea is not how to get foo as value. The idea is that __PACKAGE__ will always point to main unless we define the package inside the eval like this: eval('package foo ; __PACKAGE__'). This is very odd, since any code evaluated will make references to the local pakcage and not main. <!-- Node text goes above. Div tags should contain sig only --> <div class="pmsig"><div class="pmsig-184322"> <p> Graciliano M. P.<br> "Creativity is the expression of liberty". </div></div>