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NAME
CLASS - Alias for __PACKAGE__
SYNOPSIS
package Foo;
use CLASS;
print CLASS; # Foo
print "My class is $CLASS\n"; # My class is Foo
sub bar { 23 }
print CLASS->bar; # 23
print $CLASS->bar; # 23
DESCRIPTION
CLASS and $CLASS are both synonyms for __PACKAGE__. Easier to type.
$CLASS has the additional benefit of working in strings.
NOTES
CLASS is a constant, not a subroutine call. $CLASS is a plain variable,
it is not tied. There is no performance loss for using CLASS over
__PACKAGE__ except the loading of the module. (Thanks Juerd)
AUTHOR
From February 2022 onward: Jacques Deguest <jack@deguest.jp>
Michael G Schwern <schwern@pobox.com>
LICENSE
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the same terms as Perl itself.
See <http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html>
SEE ALSO
perlmod(1)
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