# File: main.pl #! perl use Modern::Perl; use Foo; our $Id = 42; Foo::foo_id(); say 'In main, $Id is ', $Id; ... # File: Foo.pm package Foo; use Modern::Perl; sub foo_id { say 'In Foo, $main::Id is ', $main::Id; $main::Id = 17; } 1;