Ok, call me stupid but I don't get what you are trying to say.

I re-phrase my question:

For package "Hubba", it's symbol table is stored in a hash %Hubba:: that maps symbol-names to typeglobs.

So when I do %Bubba:: = %Hubba:: (I am NOT doing *Bubba::=*Hubba::) the whole symbol-to-typeglob mapping is copied to another hash (which happens to be the symbol-table of another package).

So why does that then not create aliases?

I can do this: 

our $var = "zappa";

$Bubba::{abba} = *var;

print $Bubba::abba;

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which shows that I can create variables by manipulating the symbol-table. Why does that not happen in my script?

Can someone explain that in plain english without using the word "magic"?

In reply to Re^2: symboltable problem by morgon
in thread symboltable problem by morgon

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