How to delete a package

tfoertsch has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I need to delete a package and free all resources bound to it. How can that be achieved?

I can create a new package by simply placing variables in it:

$X::Y::a=1;
sub X::Y::f {}
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creates a package with 2 elements. But:

delete $X::{"Y::"};
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does not show the desired effect.

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Re: How to delete a package by zentara (Cardinal) on Jun 19, 2008 at 13:17 UTC
There is a faq for that... "perldoc -q clear". I'm not really a human, but I play one on earth CandyGram for Mongo	[reply]
Re: How to delete a package by Anonymous Monk on Jun 19, 2008 at 12:03 UTC
delete package-> Does Symbol::delete_package free memory used by subs?	[reply]
Re: How to delete a package by jds17 (Pilgrim) on Jun 19, 2008 at 12:05 UTC
The no function, see the perldoc entry no should do the trick. Update: Please ignore this post, sorry. "no" is just the opposite of "use", so it won't free up anything outside the package where no is being used. Please refer to the previous post for answers to your question.	[reply]
Re^2: How to delete a package by Anonymous Monk on Jun 19, 2008 at 12:16 UTC
Nope :) all no does is call unimport `C:\>perl -MCGI -le"no CGI; print CGI::header()" Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1` [download]	[reply] [d/l]