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And what do you think the 'glob' in 'typeglob' stands for?

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Re^4: Where to find info on low level perl internals names?
by ikegami (Patriarch) on Oct 26, 2011 at 07:03 UTC
    I figured "glob" actually meant "glob". It really doesn't matter what it stands for, since we're talking about what GV stands for.
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      I figured "glob" actually meant "glob".

      As in glob. I think not.

      With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday'
      Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.
      "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".
      In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.
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        No, as in amorphous lump, since it's an collection of practically every data type.
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      =head1 GV Functions

      A GV is a structure which corresponds to to a Perl typeglob, ie *foo. It is a structure that holds a pointer to a scalar, an array, a hash etc, corresponding to $foo, @foo, %foo.

      GVs are usually found as values in stashes (symbol table hashes) where Perl stores its global variables. =cut

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      With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday'
      Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.
      "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".
      In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.
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        Storing package (global) variables is one of their uses, yes. How does repeating what I said add anything to the conversation?
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