NAME

       Perl::Critic::Utils::Perl - Utility functions for dealing with Perl language issues.

SYNOPSIS

           use Perl::Critic::Utils::Perl qw< :all >;

           my $name = symbol_without_sigil('$foo');    # $name is "foo".

DESCRIPTION

       This handles various issues with Perl, the language, that aren't necessarily PPI related.

INTERFACE SUPPORT

       This is considered to be a public module.  Any changes to its interface will go through a
       deprecation cycle.

IMPORTABLE SUBROUTINES

       "symbol_without_sigil( $symbol )"
           Returns the name of the specified symbol with any sigil at the front.  The parameter
           can be a vanilla Perl string or a PPI::Element.

AUTHOR

       Elliot Shank <perl@galumph.com>

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (c) 2007-2011 Elliot Shank.

       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same
       terms as Perl itself.  The full text of this license can be found in the LICENSE file
       included with this module.