NAME Symbol::Global::Name - finds name and type of a global variable SYNOPSIS package My; our $VERSION = '0.1'; use Symbol::Global::Name; print Symbol::Global::Name->find( \$VERSION ); # prints '$My::VERSION' DESCRIPTION Lookups symbol table to find an element by reference. METHODS find Symbol::Global::Name->find( \$VERSION ); Symbol::Global::Name->find( \$VERSION, package => 'My::Package' ); Symbol::Global::Name->find( reference => \$VERSION ); Symbol::Global::Name->find( reference => \$VERSION, package => 'My::Package' ); Takes a reference and optional package name. Returns name of the referenced variable as long as it's in the package or sub-package and it's a global variable. Returned name is prefixed with type sigil, eg. '$', '@', '%', '&' or '*'. AUTHOR Ruslan Zakirov LICENSE Under the same terms as perl itself.