Re^2: eval('__PACKAGE__') is always main?!!!

[Corion]

in reply to Re: eval('__PACKAGE__') is always main?!!!
in thread eval('__PACKAGE__') is always main?!!!

You made a classic shell quoting error - use double quotes for the internal quotes:

perl -le 'package foo ;print eval("__PACKAGE__");'

or, when your shell only gives you one flavour of quote, use Perls superior quoting facilities:

perl -le 'package foo ;print eval(q(__PACKAGE__));'

[gaal]

Eek, you're right; the unquoted __PACKAGE__ of course comes from the un-evaled compile-time pass, and hence does say "foo".

I can't find mention of this behavior in the docs (eval is where I'd like it to be), so yes, I'd consider this a bug.