Re^2: Opening files in 5.004 and 5.8

Ugh, another module for the "CPAN one-liners" file:

sub gensym {
    \*{'__GEN__' . ++$__GEN__::__counter__}
}
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It's a useful function, but not worth an extra dependency.

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Re^3: Opening files in 5.004 and 5.8 by gaal (Parson) on May 12, 2007 at 18:48 UTC
FWIW, Symbol has been core since 5.002. Also see the comment on copying the glob vs. making a reference in the Symbol.pm implementation.	[reply]