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Dec 212010
 

How can I find out my current package in Perl?

Answer:

To find the current package in your Perl script, you can try something like the following:

package Foo;

my $current_package = __PACKAGE__;
print "I am in package $current_package\n";

1;

When executed:

# perl foo.pl

I am in package Foo

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