use Devel::Peek; our $foo; Dump $foo; Dump $main::foo; __END__ SV = NULL(0x0) at 0x24bfdc4 REFCNT = 1 FLAGS = () SV = NULL(0x0) at 0x24bfdc4 REFCNT = 1 FLAGS = () #### use strict; { our $foo = 'foo'; our $bar = 'bar'; } { our $foo; print $foo; print $main::bar; } __END__ foobar