Re: [Fun With Perl] Package Retrofit

[John Porter <jdporter@min.net>]

> Huh?  Would you give an example, please?  Or did you mean to say I don't need
> any package declaration at all (as in the example above)?

perldoc -f package, please.

It only sets the default package for any unqualified symbols that follow.

So

	{
	  package Foo;
	  $bar = 1;
	}

is (FPP) the same as

	$Foo::bar = 1;

Same goes for other types of symbols, including subs.

John Porter



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