Pointer to substitution variable

I don't really know if this is a PLSQL or an APEX question but because I've encountered this problem in APEX so I'm going to ask it here.
I'm using APEX 3.2 (upgrade is in progress, you know how that goes)
In my DAO packages I refer to my apex application items so that I don't need to give them to the DAO as a parameter. (Hey they exist in the scope so why shouldn't I call them that way)
So I begin all my packages like:
g_naam tbl_contact.naam%type := v('P1_NAAM');Now this works perfectly when I'm working in the page processeses but when I'm in validation g_naam would equal null.
The strange thing is that v('P1_NAAM') contains the correct value. Now my theorie is that g_naam is loaded before the P1_NAME substitution value had the correct value.
In other programming languages you would make a pointer variable. This way both variables are always the same. Even if P1_NAME would change the global variable would always contain the correct variable.
Is something like a pointer possible in Oracle. I know cursors can do it but I'm not really referin to a query.
Of course this can easily be resolved if you always use the v('P1_NAAM') method. But when the name of your application item would change you're in big troubles :p.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Regards
Nico

Stupid me, the variable is not null because of the scope. The variable is null because on declaration an error would occur.
If name was a varchar2(50) and you would enter 51 characters then on declaration my variable would fail. Functions that are called in global blocks will never result in a error.
On error they will return null.
So the correct answer for my problem would be
g_name varchar2(4000) := v('P1_NAME);Regards
Nico

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