1CLASS(3)              User Contributed Perl Documentation             CLASS(3)
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NAME

6       CLASS - Alias for __PACKAGE__
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SYNOPSIS

9         package Foo;
10         use CLASS;
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12         print CLASS;                  # Foo
13         print "My class is $CLASS\n"; # My class is Foo
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15         sub bar { 23 }
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17         print CLASS->bar;     # 23
18         print $CLASS->bar;    # 23
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DESCRIPTION

21       CLASS and $CLASS are both synonyms for __PACKAGE__.  Easier to type.
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23       $CLASS has the additional benefit of working in strings.
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NOTES

26       CLASS is a constant, not a subroutine call.  $CLASS is a plain
27       variable, it is not tied.  There is no performance loss for using CLASS
28       over __PACKAGE__ except the loading of the module. (Thanks Juerd)
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AUTHOR

31       From February 2022 onward: Jacques Deguest <jack@deguest.jp>
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33       Michael G Schwern <schwern@pobox.com>
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LICENSE

36       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
37       under the same terms as Perl itself.
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39       See <http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html>
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SEE ALSO

42       perlmod(1)
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