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diff --git a/devel/p5-Alias/pkg-descr b/devel/p5-Alias/pkg-descr new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..6575ad7a8cc2 --- /dev/null +++ b/devel/p5-Alias/pkg-descr @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +Alias is a perl module that performs aliasing services. It is useful for +those of you that are tired of dereferencing hash-based object attributes, +or wish perl could make-do with fewer $, -> and {} things, or are a little +scared of using typeglobs, or want the freedom to put what you want, when you +want in the symbol table without having to deal with wierd syntax, or need +to use scalar constants in your program since you don't trust yourself from +changing $PI (heh). Most notably, there is a C<attr> function that installs +a whole hash on the symbol table with implicit localization. This allows +you to access object attributes without having to deref the object every +time, as in most other OO languages. + +Author: Sarathy <gsar@umich.edu> + +--will |