Re^2: To module or not?

[bradcathey]

A follow up question might be: is there a way to have global variable shared between the main::space and the module::space so I don't have to keep passing the same values over and over? (I know, not a good idea, but just for the sake of discussion)

So, instead of:

#MAIN:
my $foo = "aaaaaaa";
my $bar = "bbbbbb";

print add_strings ($foo, $bar);

Be able to just have:

#MAIN:
my $foo = "aaaaaaa";
my $bar = "bbbbbb";

print add_strings ();

#MODULE:
our ($foo, $bar); #this might be make-believe

add_strings {
   my $newstring = $foo . $bar;
   return ($newstring);
}

[Fletch]

You could always reference $main::foo et al, but you'd have to use our $foo in main rather than my (lexicals not living in the symbol table and all).

But yeah, not a good idea. Action at a distance, and what not.