Re^2: Why I can't fetch any special variables ?

$< doesn't get created automatically.

Sure it does perl -le " print defined $<"

As for $^X, "^X" is a convenient way of writing Ctrl-X. Yes, you can use a real Ctrl-X after the $ in the code, and in fact, that's the real variable name. You'll need to pass "\cX"c (or whatever the C equivalent is) to gv_fetchpv.

$^X is the actual name of the variable, so no, you don't need to use \cX, you can use $^X, the actual name of the variable

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Re^3: Why I can't fetch any special variables ? by ikegami (Patriarch) on Sep 15, 2011 at 05:41 UTC
Sure it does `perl -le " print defined $<"` No, your use of it created it. Try `perl -E'say for keys %::'` [download] $^X is the actual name of the variable Why are you contradicting two people without proof or argument? `>perl -E"say ${ $::{'^X'} }" >perl -E"say ${ $::{qq{\cX}} }" ...\perl.exe` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: Why I can't fetch any special variables ? by Anonymous Monk on Sep 15, 2011 at 06:26 UTC
Why are you contradicting two people without proof or argument? I'm not contradicting two people, i'm contradicting you, because perlvar contradicts you, you don't need \cX	[reply]
Re^5: Why I can't fetch any special variables ? by ikegami (Patriarch) on Sep 15, 2011 at 08:00 UTC
The OP also showed that the var isn't named `"^X"` and that it is named `"\cX"` before you claimed the opposite. Furthermore, perlvar doesn't contradict anything I said. In fact, it says exactly the same thing I said. perlvar specifically says that `$^X` is a "single-control-character names" and that Perl "understands ^X (caret X) to mean the control-X character". Yes, perlvar says that `$^X` is just an alias for `$`. It even specifically uses `$^X` as the example! >perl -le"print qq{print qq{\$\cX}}" print qq{$} >perl -le"print qq{print qq{\$\cX}}" \| perl -l ...\perl.exe	[reply] [d/l] [select]