https://github.com/bestpractical/symbol-global-name

https://github.com/bestpractical/symbol-global-name

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• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/bestpractical/symbol-global-name
• Owner: bestpractical
• Created: 2011-01-12T14:21:05.000Z (almost 14 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2014-02-13T20:45:59.000Z (almost 11 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2023-04-13T18:31:29.994Z (over 1 year ago)
• Language: Perl
• Homepage: http://search.cpan.org/dist/symbol-global-name
• Size: 184 KB
• Stars: 1
• Watchers: 4
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
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  • Readme: README
  • Changelog: Changes

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NAME

    Symbol::Global::Name - finds name and type of a global variable

SYNOPSIS

        package My;

        our $VERSION = '0.1';

        use Symbol::Global::Name;

        print Symbol::Global::Name->find( \$VERSION );

        # prints '$My::VERSION'

DESCRIPTION

    Lookups symbol table to find an element by reference.

METHODS

  find

        Symbol::Global::Name->find( \$VERSION );

        Symbol::Global::Name->find( \$VERSION, package => 'My::Package' );

        Symbol::Global::Name->find( reference => \$VERSION );

        Symbol::Global::Name->find( reference => \$VERSION, package => 'My::Package' );

    Takes a reference and optional package name. Returns name of the

    referenced variable as long as it's in the package or sub-package and

    it's a global variable. Returned name is prefixed with type sigil, eg.

    '$', '@', '%', '&' or '*'.

AUTHOR

    Ruslan Zakirov 

LICENSE

    Under the same terms as perl itself.