What namespace is CGI:ReadParse() using?

[Cody Pendant]

I was just going over a script which uses the deprecated, non-OO form of getting the variables from CGI.pm, the one where you do CGI:ReadParse() and it puts everything into a hash called %in.

Leaving aside the "stop doing it that way" answers, how do I make my script valid using strict if it uses this hash -- it's not my hash, after all.
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     pppeeerrrlll haaaccckkeer')=~y/a-z//s;print;

[mattriff]

I second theorbtwo's recommendation to use Vars(), but in quick testing it looks like you can declare a hash and pass a reference to it as an argument to ReadParse():

my %vars;
CGI::ReadParse(\%vars);

I used %vars to illustrate it could have any name, but of course you could use %in if you needed for compatibility.

UPDATE: And clintp is right on both counts, by the way. So, if you are going to use ReadParse() you are probably best off declaring our %in; and forgetting about it. But "there's more than one way to do it," and all of that. :)

- Matt Riffle

[clintp]

Use the fully qualified name of the variable (%main::in) or declare the variable with our %in in your program. (Presumably it's using %main::in. Adjust accordingly otherwise.)

[Cody Pendant]

So, the hash is in the main namespace? And what does one do to make code which uses it strict-proof -- I'm missing something obvious, aren't I?
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($_='jjjuuusssttt annootthheer
     pppeeerrrlll haaaccckkeer')=~y/a-z//s;print;

[Aristotle]

The bog standard our %in; in main - or if you're using an older Perl, use vars qw(%in);

Makeshifts last the longest.

[theorbtwo]

I'm not sure if this qualifies as a "stop doing it that way" but it seems that Vars is exactly what you want. To paraphrase the docs,

    use CGI ':cgi-lib';
    %in = Vars;

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Or, do an our %in at the top, or use %::in.

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