I'm trying to put together some information on typeglob slots.

Does anyone know if a full list of typeglob slot names (i.e. the THING part of *foo{THING}) exists anywhere?

I've identified these (from various sources):

THINGMeaning
PACKAGEPackage name
NAMETypeglob name
SCALARscalar ref
ARRAYarray ref
HASHhash ref
CODEcode ref
GLOBglob ref
IOio ref - see below
FORMATformat (but need 5.8)
FILEHANDLEsynonym for IO

The *foo{IO} apparently holds sockets, file handles and directory handles but the last two are supposed to have their own namespaces. What whould *X{IO} return following open(X, ...) and opendir(X, ...)?

What about other reference types: REF? Regexp? LVALUE? Any I've missed?

Are there other types of THINGs?

PN5

In reply to Typeglob Slot Information by Prior Nacre V

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