Phoenix.pm: Symbol Tables part deu

[Shay Harding]

> Beaves at aol.com wrote:
> > 
> > Thanks!!!  This is EXACTLY what I was looking for.  I just couldn't get it to
> > work with my approach.  I was not assigning the 'value' part of the symbol
> > table hash to a local typeblog variable (*ENTRY, in your example).
> > 
> > I think Symbol Tables (and in my case, the whole concept of typeglobs) would
> > be an excellent Perl 101 discussion for one of the upcoming meetings.
> 
> I think that it would be an excellent topic. (A little above 101 though.
> :) )  Any volunteers?

I was going to say the same thing (being a bit above 101). I've been messing
with symbol table stuff a bit lately, but have a ways to go. Just got into
dumping Perl variables with Devel::Peek and seeing what's behind the scenes.
Very scary stuff. I think this topic may be a bit above any newcomers, but
maybe we can make it part of a larger presentation so as not to disclude anyone
or confuse to a greater extent.

I know when I first started messing with Symbol tables and packages, it took me
a while to figure out how to dump a given package and I've been coding Perl for
more than 5 years. I just never thought to mess with the internals. Now that's
about all I do is figure out how everything works. That and OO stuff in Perl. i
just picked up 'Object Oriented Perl'... great book. I knew a lot about objects
in Perl, but this book taught me a great deal more. Highly recommended.

See you all tonight. 7pm sharp. Don't be late :)

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Shay