Source: libalias-perl Maintainer: Debian Perl Group Uploaders: Krzysztof Krzyzaniak (eloy) , gregor herrmann Priority: optional Section: perl Build-Depends: debhelper (>= 9.20120312~), perl Standards-Version: 3.9.6 Homepage: https://metacpan.org/release/Alias Vcs-Git: git://anonscm.debian.org/pkg-perl/packages/libalias-perl.git Vcs-Browser: https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-perl/packages/libalias-perl.git Testsuite: autopkgtest-pkg-perl Package: libalias-perl Architecture: any Depends: ${misc:Depends}, ${perl:Depends}, ${shlibs:Depends} Description: module for accessing perl variables through aliases You may find the Alias module useful if you: . * are tired of dereferencing hash-based object attributes . * wish perl could make-do with fewer $, -> and {} things . * are a little scared of using typeglobs . * want the freedom to put what you want, when you want in the symbol table without having to deal with weird syntax . * need to use scalar constants in your program since you don't trust yourself from changing $PI