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<H1><A NAME="name">NAME</A></H1>
<P>Symbol - manipulate Perl symbols and their names</P>
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<H1><A NAME="supportedplatforms">SUPPORTED PLATFORMS</A></H1>
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<LI>Linux</LI>
<LI>Solaris</LI>
<LI>Windows</LI>
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<H1><A NAME="synopsis">SYNOPSIS</A></H1>
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use Symbol;</PRE>
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$sym = gensym;
open($sym, "filename");
$_ = <$sym>;
# etc.</PRE>
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ungensym $sym; # no effect</PRE>
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print qualify("x"), "\n"; # "Test::x"
print qualify("x", "FOO"), "\n" # "FOO::x"
print qualify("BAR::x"), "\n"; # "BAR::x"
print qualify("BAR::x", "FOO"), "\n"; # "BAR::x"
print qualify("STDOUT", "FOO"), "\n"; # "main::STDOUT" (global)
print qualify(\*x), "\n"; # returns \*x
print qualify(\*x, "FOO"), "\n"; # returns \*x</PRE>
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use strict refs;
print { qualify_to_ref $fh } "foo!\n";
$ref = qualify_to_ref $name, $pkg;</PRE>
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use Symbol qw(delete_package);
delete_package('Foo::Bar');
print "deleted\n" unless exists $Foo::{'Bar::'};</PRE>
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<H1><A NAME="description">DESCRIPTION</A></H1>
<P><CODE>Symbol::gensym</CODE> creates an anonymous glob and returns a reference
to it. Such a glob reference can be used as a file or directory
handle.</P>
<P>For backward compatibility with older implementations that didn't
support anonymous globs, <CODE>Symbol::ungensym</CODE> is also provided.
But it doesn't do anything.</P>
<P><CODE>Symbol::qualify</CODE> turns unqualified symbol names into qualified
variable names (e.g. ``myvar'' -> ``MyPackage::myvar''). If it is given a
second parameter, <CODE>qualify</CODE> uses it as the default package;
otherwise, it uses the package of its caller. Regardless, global
variable names (e.g. ``STDOUT'', ``ENV'', ``SIG'') are always qualified with
``main::''.</P>
<P>Qualification applies only to symbol names (strings). References are
left unchanged under the assumption that they are glob references,
which are qualified by their nature.</P>
<P><CODE>Symbol::qualify_to_ref</CODE> is just like <CODE>Symbol::qualify</CODE> except that it
returns a glob ref rather than a symbol name, so you can use the result
even if <CODE>use strict 'refs'</CODE> is in effect.</P>
<P><CODE>Symbol::delete_package</CODE> wipes out a whole package namespace. Note
this routine is not exported by default--you may want to import it
explicitly.</P>
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