Symbol

NAME Symbol - manipulate Perl symbols and their names SYNOPSIS use Symbol; $sym = gensym; open($sym, '<', "filename"); $_ = <$sym>; # etc. ungensym $sym; # no effect # replace *FOO{IO} handle but not $FOO, %FOO, etc. *FOO = geniosym; print qualify("x"), "\n"; # "main::x" print qualify("x", "FOO"), "\n"; # "FOO::x" print qualify("BAR::x"), "\n"; # "BAR::x" print qualify("BAR::x", "FOO"), "\n"; # "B

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