Provided by: libclass-perl_1.1.8-1_all
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)