Test2::Util::Stash - Utilities for manipulating stashes and globs.
This is a collection of utilities for manipulating and inspecting package stashes and globs.
Gets the package stash. This is the same as $stash = \%Package::Name::.
$stash = \%Package::Name::
Parse a symbol name, and return a hashref with info about the symbol.
$symbol can be a simple name, or a fully qualified symbol name. The sigil is optional, and & is assumed if none is provided. If $symbol is fully qualified, and $package is also provided, then the package of the symbol must match the $package.
$symbol
&
$package
Returns a structure like this:
return { name => 'BAZ', sigil => '$', type => 'SCALAR', symbol => '&Foo::Bar::BAZ', package => 'Foo::Bar', };
Get a glob ref. Arguments are the same as for parse_symbol.
parse_symbol
Get a reference to the symbol. Arguments are the same as for parse_symbol.
Completely remove the symbol from the package symbol table. Arguments are the same as for parse_symbol. A reference to the removed symbol is returned.
Convert a slot (like 'SCALAR') to a sigil (like '$').
Convert a sigil (like '$') to a slot (like 'SCALAR').
The source code repository for Test2-Suite can be found at http://github.com/Test-More/Test2-Suite/.
Copyright 2016 Chad Granum <exodist@cpan.org>.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
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To install Test2::Suite, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm Test2::Suite
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install Test2::Suite
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.