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I read the Symbol Table section of the docs in perlmod before posting, but I don't see how anyone would know after reading that section that my variables are not included in the symbol table.
I think it's a good point; I've read the linked passage again, and I also can't see how one would find out from that that only package variables are in stashes. The closest I can come in a few seconds' search is Symbolic references. In this case, I'd say that the way you know is that you ask a question like yours and someone tells you. :-)
I got the term "dynamic variables" from the introductory paragraph higher up on the page
Interesting! Well, I guess that there's a documentation patch waiting to be submitted.

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Re^6: type glob
by Anonymous Monk on Nov 18, 2009 at 03:13 UTC
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      perlguts explains stash
      I think that that's much the same as saying that the Perl source explains the workings of all of Perl—it's true, but not necessarily helpful for someone who doesn't want to dive deep into the innards. In particular, I think that one still can't extract from perlguts the fact that the symbol table is for package variables.
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      perlguts explains stash

      A little too technical for me at this point.

      http://www.perlmonks.org/?node_id=520303

      Thanks. That's very well written. Required reading. My favorite section:

      When to Use my and When to Use local

      Always use my; never use local.

      Wasn't that easy?

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