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<tr><td class="h">Statements</td><td align="left">Executed 10 statements in 481µs</td></tr></table>
        
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        <th><span title="Number of Places sub is called from">P</span></th>
        <th><span title="Number of Files sub is called from">F</span></th>
        <th>Exclusive<br />Time</th>
        <th>Inclusive<br />Time</th>
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<tr><td class="c3">1</td><td class="c3">1</td><td class="c3">1</td><td class="c3"><span title="0.0%">12µs</span></td><td class="c3"><span title="0.0%">12µs</span></td><td class="sub_name"><span style="display: none;">Symbol::::BEGIN@81</span>Symbol::<a href="Symbol-pm-10-line.html#81">BEGIN@81</a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="c3">0</td><td class="c3">0</td><td class="c3">0</td><td class="c3"><span title="0.0%">0s</span></td><td class="c3"><span title="0.0%">0s</span></td><td class="sub_name"><span style="display: none;">Symbol::::delete_package</span>Symbol::<a href="Symbol-pm-10-line.html#141">delete_package</a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="c3">0</td><td class="c3">0</td><td class="c3">0</td><td class="c3"><span title="0.0%">0s</span></td><td class="c3"><span title="0.0%">0s</span></td><td class="sub_name"><span style="display: none;">Symbol::::geniosym</span>Symbol::<a href="Symbol-pm-10-line.html#107">geniosym</a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="c3">0</td><td class="c3">0</td><td class="c3">0</td><td class="c3"><span title="0.0%">0s</span></td><td class="c3"><span title="0.0%">0s</span></td><td class="sub_name"><span style="display: none;">Symbol::::gensym</span>Symbol::<a href="Symbol-pm-10-line.html#100">gensym</a></td></tr>
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    <tr><td class="h"><a name="1"></a>1</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">package Symbol;</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="2"></a>2</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="3"></a>3</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">=head1 NAME</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="4"></a>4</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="5"></a>5</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">Symbol - manipulate Perl symbols and their names</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="6"></a>6</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="7"></a>7</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">=head1 SYNOPSIS</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="8"></a>8</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="9"></a>9</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">    use Symbol;</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="10"></a>10</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="11"></a>11</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">    $sym = gensym;</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="12"></a>12</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">    open($sym, &quot;filename&quot;);</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="13"></a>13</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">    $_ = &lt;$sym&gt;;</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="14"></a>14</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">    # etc.</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="15"></a>15</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="16"></a>16</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">    ungensym $sym;      # no effect</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="17"></a>17</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="18"></a>18</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">    # replace *FOO{IO} handle but not $FOO, %FOO, etc.</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="19"></a>19</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">    *FOO = geniosym;</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="20"></a>20</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="21"></a>21</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">    print qualify(&quot;x&quot;), &quot;\n&quot;;              # &quot;main::x&quot;</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="22"></a>22</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">    print qualify(&quot;x&quot;, &quot;FOO&quot;), &quot;\n&quot;;       # &quot;FOO::x&quot;</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="23"></a>23</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">    print qualify(&quot;BAR::x&quot;), &quot;\n&quot;;         # &quot;BAR::x&quot;</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="24"></a>24</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">    print qualify(&quot;BAR::x&quot;, &quot;FOO&quot;), &quot;\n&quot;;  # &quot;BAR::x&quot;</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="25"></a>25</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">    print qualify(&quot;STDOUT&quot;, &quot;FOO&quot;), &quot;\n&quot;;  # &quot;main::STDOUT&quot; (global)</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="26"></a>26</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">    print qualify(\*x), &quot;\n&quot;;              # returns \*x</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="27"></a>27</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">    print qualify(\*x, &quot;FOO&quot;), &quot;\n&quot;;       # returns \*x</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="28"></a>28</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="29"></a>29</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">    use strict refs;</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="30"></a>30</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">    print { qualify_to_ref $fh } &quot;foo!\n&quot;;</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="31"></a>31</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">    $ref = qualify_to_ref $name, $pkg;</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="32"></a>32</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="33"></a>33</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">    use Symbol qw(delete_package);</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="34"></a>34</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">    delete_package('Foo::Bar');</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="35"></a>35</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">    print &quot;deleted\n&quot; unless exists $Foo::{'Bar::'};</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="36"></a>36</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="37"></a>37</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">=head1 DESCRIPTION</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="38"></a>38</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="39"></a>39</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">C&lt;Symbol::gensym&gt; creates an anonymous glob and returns a reference</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="40"></a>40</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">to it.  Such a glob reference can be used as a file or directory</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="41"></a>41</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">handle.</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="42"></a>42</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="43"></a>43</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">For backward compatibility with older implementations that didn't</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="44"></a>44</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">support anonymous globs, C&lt;Symbol::ungensym&gt; is also provided.</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="45"></a>45</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">But it doesn't do anything.</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="46"></a>46</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="47"></a>47</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">C&lt;Symbol::geniosym&gt; creates an anonymous IO handle.  This can be</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="48"></a>48</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">assigned into an existing glob without affecting the non-IO portions</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="49"></a>49</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">of the glob.</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="50"></a>50</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="51"></a>51</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">C&lt;Symbol::qualify&gt; turns unqualified symbol names into qualified</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="52"></a>52</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">variable names (e.g. &quot;myvar&quot; -E&lt;gt&gt; &quot;MyPackage::myvar&quot;).  If it is given a</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="53"></a>53</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">second parameter, C&lt;qualify&gt; uses it as the default package;</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="54"></a>54</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">otherwise, it uses the package of its caller.  Regardless, global</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="55"></a>55</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">variable names (e.g. &quot;STDOUT&quot;, &quot;ENV&quot;, &quot;SIG&quot;) are always qualified with</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="56"></a>56</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">&quot;main::&quot;.</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="57"></a>57</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="58"></a>58</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">Qualification applies only to symbol names (strings).  References are</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="59"></a>59</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">left unchanged under the assumption that they are glob references,</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="60"></a>60</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">which are qualified by their nature.</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="61"></a>61</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="62"></a>62</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">C&lt;Symbol::qualify_to_ref&gt; is just like C&lt;Symbol::qualify&gt; except that it</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="63"></a>63</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">returns a glob ref rather than a symbol name, so you can use the result</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="64"></a>64</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">even if C&lt;use strict 'refs'&gt; is in effect.</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="65"></a>65</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="66"></a>66</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">C&lt;Symbol::delete_package&gt; wipes out a whole package namespace.  Note</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="67"></a>67</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">this routine is not exported by default--you may want to import it</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="68"></a>68</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">explicitly.</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="69"></a>69</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="70"></a>70</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">=head1 BUGS</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="71"></a>71</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="72"></a>72</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">C&lt;Symbol::delete_package&gt; is a bit too powerful. It undefines every symbol that</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="73"></a>73</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">lives in the specified package. Since perl, for performance reasons, does not</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="74"></a>74</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">perform a symbol table lookup each time a function is called or a global</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="75"></a>75</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">variable is accessed, some code that has already been loaded and that makes use</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="76"></a>76</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">of symbols in package C&lt;Foo&gt; may stop working after you delete C&lt;Foo&gt;, even if</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="77"></a>77</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">you reload the C&lt;Foo&gt; module afterwards.</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="78"></a>78</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="79"></a>79</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">=cut</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="80"></a>80</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="81"></a>81</td><td class="c3">1</td><td class="c0"><span title="Avg 459µs">459µs</span></td><td class="c3">1</td><td class="c3">12µs</td><td class="s"><div class="calls"><div class="calls_in"># spent 12µs within Symbol::BEGIN@81 which was called:
#    once (12µs+0s) by IO::File::BEGIN@131 at <a href="Symbol-pm-10-line.html#81">line 81</a></div></div>BEGIN { require 5.005; }<div class="calls"><div class="calls_out"># spent    12µs making 1 call to <a href="Symbol-pm-10-line.html#81">Symbol::BEGIN@81</a></div></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="82"></a>82</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="83"></a>83</td><td class="c3">1</td><td class="c3"><span title="Avg 300ns">300ns</span></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">require Exporter;</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="84"></a>84</td><td class="c3">1</td><td class="c0"><span title="Avg 4µs">4µs</span></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">@ISA = qw(Exporter);</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="85"></a>85</td><td class="c3">1</td><td class="c3"><span title="Avg 800ns">800ns</span></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">@EXPORT = qw(gensym ungensym qualify qualify_to_ref);</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="86"></a>86</td><td class="c3">1</td><td class="c3"><span title="Avg 300ns">300ns</span></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">@EXPORT_OK = qw(delete_package geniosym);</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="87"></a>87</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="88"></a>88</td><td class="c3">1</td><td class="c3"><span title="Avg 200ns">200ns</span></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">$VERSION = '1.07';</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="89"></a>89</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="90"></a>90</td><td class="c3">1</td><td class="c3"><span title="Avg 200ns">200ns</span></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">my $genpkg = &quot;Symbol::&quot;;</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="91"></a>91</td><td class="c3">1</td><td class="c3"><span title="Avg 100ns">100ns</span></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">my $genseq = 0;</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="92"></a>92</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="93"></a>93</td><td class="c3">1</td><td class="c0"><span title="Avg 9µs">9µs</span></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">my %global = map {$_ =&gt; 1} qw(ARGV ARGVOUT ENV INC SIG STDERR STDIN STDOUT);</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="94"></a>94</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="95"></a>95</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">#</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="96"></a>96</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"># Note that we never _copy_ the glob; we just make a ref to it.</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="97"></a>97</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"># If we did copy it, then SVf_FAKE would be set on the copy, and</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="98"></a>98</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"># glob-specific behaviors (e.g. C&lt;*$ref = \&amp;func&gt;) wouldn't work.</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="99"></a>99</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">#</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="100"></a>100</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">sub gensym () {</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="101"></a>101</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">    my $name = &quot;GEN&quot; . $genseq++;</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="102"></a>102</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">    my $ref = \*{$genpkg . $name};</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="103"></a>103</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">    delete $$genpkg{$name};</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="104"></a>104</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">    $ref;</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="105"></a>105</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">}</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="106"></a>106</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="107"></a>107</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">sub geniosym () {</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="108"></a>108</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">    my $sym = gensym();</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="109"></a>109</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">    # force the IO slot to be filled</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="110"></a>110</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">    select(select $sym);</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="111"></a>111</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">    *$sym{IO};</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="112"></a>112</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">}</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="113"></a>113</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="114"></a>114</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">sub ungensym ($) {}</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="115"></a>115</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="116"></a>116</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">sub qualify ($;$) {</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="117"></a>117</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">    my ($name) = @_;</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="118"></a>118</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">    if (!ref($name) &amp;&amp; index($name, '::') == -1 &amp;&amp; index($name, &quot;'&quot;) == -1) {</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="119"></a>119</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">        my $pkg;</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="120"></a>120</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">        # Global names: special character, &quot;^xyz&quot;, or other. </td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="121"></a>121</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">        if ($name =~ /^(([^a-z])|(\^[a-z_]+))\z/i || $global{$name}) {</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="122"></a>122</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">            # RGS 2001-11-05 : translate leading ^X to control-char</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="123"></a>123</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">            $name =~ s/^\^([a-z_])/'qq(\c'.$1.')'/eei;</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="124"></a>124</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">            $pkg = &quot;main&quot;;</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="125"></a>125</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">        }</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="126"></a>126</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">        else {</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="127"></a>127</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">            $pkg = (@_ &gt; 1) ? $_[1] : caller;</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="128"></a>128</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">        }</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="129"></a>129</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">        $name = $pkg . &quot;::&quot; . $name;</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="130"></a>130</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">    }</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="131"></a>131</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">    $name;</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="132"></a>132</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">}</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="133"></a>133</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="134"></a>134</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">sub qualify_to_ref ($;$) {</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="135"></a>135</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">    return \*{ qualify $_[0], @_ &gt; 1 ? $_[1] : caller };</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="136"></a>136</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">}</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="137"></a>137</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="138"></a>138</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">#</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="139"></a>139</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"># of Safe.pm lineage</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="140"></a>140</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">#</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="141"></a>141</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">sub delete_package ($) {</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="142"></a>142</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">    my $pkg = shift;</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="143"></a>143</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="144"></a>144</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">    # expand to full symbol table name if needed</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="145"></a>145</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="146"></a>146</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">    unless ($pkg =~ /^main::.*::$/) {</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="147"></a>147</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">        $pkg = &quot;main$pkg&quot;        if        $pkg =~ /^::/;</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="148"></a>148</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">        $pkg = &quot;main::$pkg&quot;        unless        $pkg =~ /^main::/;</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="149"></a>149</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">        $pkg .= '::'                unless        $pkg =~ /::$/;</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="150"></a>150</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">    }</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="151"></a>151</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="152"></a>152</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">    my($stem, $leaf) = $pkg =~ m/(.*::)(\w+::)$/;</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="153"></a>153</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">    my $stem_symtab = *{$stem}{HASH};</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="154"></a>154</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">    return unless defined $stem_symtab and exists $stem_symtab-&gt;{$leaf};</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="155"></a>155</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="156"></a>156</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="157"></a>157</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">    # free all the symbols in the package</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="158"></a>158</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="159"></a>159</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">    my $leaf_symtab = *{$stem_symtab-&gt;{$leaf}}{HASH};</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="160"></a>160</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">    foreach my $name (keys %$leaf_symtab) {</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="161"></a>161</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">        undef *{$pkg . $name};</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="162"></a>162</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">    }</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="163"></a>163</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="164"></a>164</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">    # delete the symbol table</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="165"></a>165</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="166"></a>166</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">    %$leaf_symtab = ();</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="167"></a>167</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">    delete $stem_symtab-&gt;{$leaf};</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="168"></a>168</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">}</td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="169"></a>169</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s"></td></tr>
<tr><td class="h"><a name="170"></a>170</td><td class="c3">1</td><td class="c0"><span title="Avg 7µs">7µs</span></td><td></td><td></td><td class="s">1;</td></tr>
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