in reply to Symbol Table Madness
in thread question about variabies/references (ignore my previous botched entry)

chromatic wrote:
> As you can see, $main::{$test2} evaluates to a typeglob.

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Right; because a typeglob *is* an entry in the symbol table.

> Saying that $main::{$test2} =
> "test3" changes the scalar is technically incorrect.

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Sorry, did I say that?

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