Re^2: Dynamic Packages in Perl

Whoops!

This assigns the string 'Bla::Dee' to the scalar ${""} in package main.

To do what you intend, say

${$package_name.'::PARENT'} = "Bla::Dee";

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Re^3: Dynamic Packages in Perl by Joost (Canon) on Nov 15, 2008 at 09:37 UTC
You're right. Actually, I prefer to do `${"${package_name}::PARENT"}` [download] "What should it profit a man, if he should win a flame war, yet lose his cool?"	[reply] [d/l]