Same output here, with perl 5, version 20, subversion 2 (v5.20.2) built
for x86_64-linux-thread-multi.

I'm from package main
My name is glob
I'm from package main
My name is glob

Le 03/05/2015 10:01, Octavian Rasnita a écrit :
> Hello,
> 
> I've seen the following example in Mastering Perl book, with the comment
> at the end telling what should be the result:
> 
> #!/usr/bin/perl
> # typeglob-name-package.pl
> use v5.10;
> 
> $foo = "Some value";
> $bar = "Another value";
> 
> who_am_i( *foo );
> who_am_i( *bar );
> 
> sub who_am_i {
> local *glob = shift;
> 
> say "I'm from package " . *glob{PACKAGE};
> say "My name is " . *glob{NAME};
> }
> 
> Although this probably has limited usefulness, at least outside of any
> debugging, the
> output tells me more about the typeglobs I passed to the function:
> 
> I'm from package main
> My name is foo
> I'm from package main
> My name is bar
> 
> --- end of text from book ---
> 
> I ran the code above with StrawberryPerl 5.20 and ActivePerl 5.16 and
> 5.14 and it gave the following result:
> 
> I'm from package main
> My name is glob
> I'm from package main
> My name is glob
> 
> So it doesn't print the original name of the typeglob (foo or bar).
> Is the code above working for you as wrote in the book?
> 
> --Octavian
> 
> 

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Vincent Lequertier
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