Test2::Util::Stash - Utilities for manipulating stashes and globs.

Chad Granum <exodist@cpan.org>

Copyright 2018 Chad Granum <exodist@cpan.org>. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. See http://dev.perl.org/licenses/ perl v5.40.1 2025-07-27 Test2::Util::Stash(3perl)

This is a collection of utilities for manipulating and inspecting package stashes and globs.

$stash = get_stash($package) Gets the package stash. This is the same as "$stash = \%Package::Name::". $sym_spec = parse_symbol($symbol) $sym_spec = parse_symbol($symbol, $package) Parse a symbol name, and return a hashref with info about the symbol. $symbol can be a simple name, or a fully qualified symbol name. The sigil is optional, and "&" is assumed if none is provided. If $symbol is fully qualified, and $package is also provided, then the package of the symbol must match the $package. Returns a structure like this: return { name => 'BAZ', sigil => '$', type => 'SCALAR', symbol => '&Foo::Bar::BAZ', package => 'Foo::Bar', }; $glob_ref = get_glob($symbol) $glob_ref = get_glob($symbol, $package) Get a glob ref. Arguments are the same as for "parse_symbol". $ref = get_symbol($symbol) $ref = get_symbol($symbol, $package) Get a reference to the symbol. Arguments are the same as for "parse_symbol". $ref = purge_symbol($symbol) $ref = purge_symbol($symbol, $package) Completely remove the symbol from the package symbol table. Arguments are the same as for "parse_symbol". A reference to the removed symbol is returned. $sig = slot_to_sig($slot) Convert a slot (like 'SCALAR') to a sigil (like '$'). $slot = sig_to_slot($sig) Convert a sigil (like '$') to a slot (like 'SCALAR').

Chad Granum <exodist@cpan.org>

Test2::Util::Stash - Utilities for manipulating stashes and globs.

The source code repository for Test2-Suite can be found at https://github.com/Test-More/Test2-Suite/.