my $genpkg = "Symbol::";
my $genseq = 0;

sub gensym () {
    my $name = "GEN" . $genseq++;

    ## Instantiate the glob and take a reference to it.
    my $ref = \*{$genpkg . $name}; 

    ## Delete the name, leaving a reference to an anonymous glob
    delete $$genpkg{$name};        

    ## return the ref
    $ref;
}