Initializing global variable on Perl module (with BEGIN block) include

Question

I'm trying to initialize a global variable from a Perl module that has a BEGIN block, but I can't manage to get it work.

This is the Perl module

Package A::B;
our $var;

BEGIN{
  $var ||= "/some/default/path";

  #create/access files/folders in $var
}

This is my CGI script

use A::B;
$A::B::var = "/correct/path";

But #error returned because $var is not the correct path

The BEGIN block is being executed before the correct path is assigned to $var . Is there a way to work around this without having to remove code from the BEGIN block?

Answer 1

BEGIN { $A::B::var = "/correct/path" }
use A::B;

This answer is unsatisfying to me, but I can't think of any other way, given how your A::B is designed. Ideally a module doesn't depend on who is using it or how often, but this module can really only be used once.