NAME
Perl::Critic::Utils::Perl - Utility functions for dealing with Perl language issues.
SYNOPSIS
use Perl::Critic::Utils::Perl qw< :all >;
my $name = symbol_without_sigil('$foo'); # $name is "foo".
DESCRIPTION
This handles various issues with Perl, the language, that aren't necessarily PPI related.
INTERFACE SUPPORT
This is considered to be a public module. Any changes to its interface will go through a deprecation cycle.
IMPORTABLE SUBROUTINES
symbol_without_sigil( $symbol )
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Returns the name of the specified symbol with any sigil at the front. The parameter can be a vanilla Perl string or a PPI::Element.
AUTHOR
Elliot Shank <perl@galumph.com>
COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2007-2010 Elliot Shank.
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. The full text of this license can be found in the LICENSE file included with this module.