(1) given a string containing the name of a scalar, how would I tell if that variable already exists in the symbol table?
i.e. given "MyPackage::Varname", how would I tell if $MyPackage::Varname was already declared? and if it is an array reference? (2) given a reference to an array, would it be possible to convert that reference back into a package name? i.e. how would I get this code: package MyOtherPackage; our $FancyArrayRef= [ 1,2,3 ]; my $arrref=$FancyArrayRef; my $name = magicsubroutinehere($arrref); to end up with $name equal to "MyOtherPackage::FancyArrayRef"? _______________________________________________ Boston-pm mailing list [email protected] http://mail.pm.org/mailman/listinfo/boston-pm
