<P>You may also import all the structure fields directly into your namespace
as regular variables using the :FIELDS import tag. (Note that this still
overrides your <A HREF="../../lib/Pod/perlfunc.html#item_stat"><CODE>stat()</CODE></A> and <A HREF="../../lib/Pod/perlfunc.html#item_lstat"><CODE>lstat()</CODE></A> functions.) Access these fields as
variables named with a preceding <CODE>st_</CODE> in front their method names.
Thus, <CODE>$stat_obj->dev()</CODE> corresponds to $st_dev if you import
the fields.</P>
<P>To access this functionality without the core overrides,
pass the <A HREF="../../lib/Pod/perlfunc.html#item_use"><CODE>use</CODE></A> an empty import list, and then access
function functions with their full qualified names.
On the other hand, the built-ins are still available
via the <CODE>CORE::</CODE> pseudo-package.</P>
<P>
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<H1><A NAME="note">NOTE</A></H1>
<P>While this class is currently implemented using the Class::Struct
module to build a struct-like class, you shouldn't rely upon this.</P>