Re: Answer: How do I tell what type of structure a given reference points to?

Note that Scalar::Util::reftype behaves almost like the built-in ref, except when an object is passed.

use Scalar::Util 'reftype';
$a=\$b;
print reftype($a),"\n"; #SCALAR
print ref($a),"\n";     #SCALAR
bless $a, "BOGUS";
print reftype($a),"\n"; #SCALAR
print ref($a),"\n";     #BOGUS
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Re: Re: Answer: How do I tell what type of structure a given reference points to? by Mr. Muskrat (Canon) on Sep 18, 2003 at 17:57 UTC
And that is exactly why I chose to use it!	[reply]