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

       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)