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on Apr 27, 2006 at 17:11 UTC ( [id://546067]=perlquestion: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
eff_i_g has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:
Syntactical Saints,
The following statement caught my eye during a recent skimming of the Perl Pocket Reference, Fourth Edition on Page 9 under "Literal Values" => "Scalar Values" => "String": Class:: A value that is mostly equivalent to "Class".I don't understand what this is trying to convey. I know :: is used as a directory separator for Modules, and to specify Package names. Am I missing something else? Thanks. P.S. Is :: referred to as "the double colon" within the Perl coummunity, or does it have a neater name? Update: Here is the surrounding material to provide more context (i.e., as much clarification as I can):
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