Thanks for proving my point.

All of this can be handled without manipulating the symbol table or using the *star operator.

Showing advanced techniques like *a=\&func where a function ref is mapped to a special "slot" of a very unique data structure called "typeglob" residing in the symbol table is contra productive for a beginner.

Especially if he just wants to learn dereferencing of lexicals.

It's enough hinting that there are use cases in meta programming Perl.

> because you rarely interact with them directly or don't understand them is of no help to anyone.

Thanks again for the provocation.

But I'm not going to play and you already know my opinion about you.

Cheers Rolf
(addicted to the Perl Programming Language and ☆☆☆☆ :)
Je suis Charlie!

UPDATE

deleted honorary title ...

In reply to Re^3: Dereferencing a reference to a typeglob? by LanX
in thread Dereferencing a reference to a typeglob? by Anonymous Monk

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