RD_AUTOACTION, @item, %item and compiling

Hello,

I have the following RD_AUTOACTION:

$::RD_AUTOACTION = q{
     if ($#item==1 && ($item->isterminal || ref $item[1] ne 'ARRAY')) {
	#if only one item, and is either a terminal or an array
	$return = $item[1];
     } else {
	foreach my $i (keys %item) {
	    if ($i=~ s/(\([\?s]\))$//o) {
		$item{$i} = \@{$item{$i.$1}};
		delete $item{$i.$1};
	    }
	}
	$return = bless \%item, $item[0];
     }
};

If I precompile to a module, the code generated does not compile. Specifically, 
I get this error:

perl0: Global symbol "$item" requires explicit package name at 
grammars/show_ip_interface_brief.pm line 114.

Otherwise (without precompile) the AUTOACTION works fine.

Obviously I can't do a my for the @item or %item. Any suggestions on how to get 
past this? I'm looking thru the RD_TRACE and .pm file for the differences right 
now, but wondering if somebody has run into this already.

Thanks.

aamer akhter