Re: Typeglobs, filehandles, asterisks

[Piers Cawley]

Tom Christiansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> >Typeglobs != symbol tables.
> 
> >You can access individual variable bits in the symbol table now without 
> >using typeglobs. I don't see why that would have to change.
> 
> NB:  $main::{fred} does not autoviv a typeglob when used lvaluably,
> but *main::fred does.

How very annoying. Doesn't that mean I can't get away without having
to do 'no strict "refs";', or will something like

    $main::{fred} ||= do {local *GLOB};

Do the Right Thing?

Of course, we're still using Globs, but I'm not quite so agin 'em as
some.

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Piers