in reply to Undefining symbol tables and globs and things, oh my

How does perl know how to find $Yakkity::Yak::a after the package's symbol table is gone?
%Yakkity::Yak:: isn't exactly the symbol table. perldata says
Perl uses an internal type called a typeglob to hold an entire symbol table entry. The type prefix of a typeglob is a *, because it represents all types.
You should look into the Symbol module (Symbol::delete_package) and super search around here for discussions about the symbol table, as they're very informative

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Re^2: Undefining symbol tables and globs and things, oh my
by ikegami (Patriarch) on Aug 10, 2005 at 13:49 UTC
    What you quoted is not relevant. What you quoted describes a symbol table entry, so it has no bearing on whether %Yakkity::Yak:: is a symbol table or not.
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      Except that it is relevant. The symbol table for the Yakkity::Yak namespace is found in *Yakkity::Yak::.

      MJD says "you can't just make shit up and expect the computer to know what you mean, retardo!"
      I run a Win32 PPM repository for perl 5.6.x and 5.8.x -- I take requests (README).
      ** The third rule of perl club is a statement of fact: pod is sexy.

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