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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/vars.pm')
-rw-r--r-- | lib/vars.pm | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/vars.pm b/lib/vars.pm index a051ba128a..f6125fb2fe 100644 --- a/lib/vars.pm +++ b/lib/vars.pm @@ -20,8 +20,11 @@ sub import { Carp::croak("Can't declare individual elements of hash or array"); } elsif (warnings::enabled() and length($sym) == 1 and $sym !~ tr/a-zA-Z//) { warnings::warn("No need to declare built-in vars"); - } elsif ( $^H &= strict::bits('vars') ) { - Carp::croak("'$_' is not a valid variable name under strict vars"); + } elsif ( $^H &= strict::bits('vars') && + # Either no 'use utf8' or if utf8, no non-word + ($^H & $utf8::hint_bits == 0 || + $sym =~ /\W/) ) { + Carp::croak("'$_' is not a valid variable name under strict vars"); } } $sym = "${callpack}::$sym" unless $sym =~ /::/; |