package pm1187349; use warnings; use strict; use Exporter 'import'; our @EXPORT_OK = qw($someScalar someFunction); our $someScalar = "Scalar Text"; sub someFunction { print "I am some function\n"; } #### use warnings; use strict; use lib '.'; # don't import anything into the main:: namespace; must prefix everything with pm1187349:: use pm1187349; # use them pm1187349::someFunction(); print "someScalar = ${pm1187349::someScalar}\n"; #### use warnings; use strict; use lib '.'; # import both a function and a scalar variable, so you don't need to prefix with pm1187349:: use pm1187349 qw(someFunction $someScalar); # use them someFunction(); print "someScalar = ${someScalar}\n";