in reply to __PACKAGE__-compile .. what in the world is this?

It runs compile() in the current package. It seems to be a fairly odd/redundant thing to do IMHO, but maybe I'm missing a particular nuance.

Anyhoo, see perlobj's Method Invocation and perldata's Scalar Value Constructors (string literals) for more.

    --k.


  • Comment on Re: __PACKAGE__-compile .. what in the world is this?

In Section Seekers of Perl Wisdom