NAME

English::Reference - use words to dereference things

SYNOPSIS

use English::Reference;
or
use English::Reference qw(deref);
...
print SCALAR \"Hello World";

DESCRIPTION

Provides the ability to use:

ARRAY  $arrayref
CODE   $coderef
GLOB   $globref
HASH   $hashref
SCALAR $scalaref

en lieu of

@$arrayref
&$coderef
*$globref
%$hashref
$$scalaref

or

@{$arrayref}
&{$coderef}
*{$globref}
%{$hashref}
${$scalaref}

As an added bonus, there is a function deref; not exported by default; which you can use to dereference a reference of any type.

CAVEATS

You cannot do ARRAY{$arrayref} etc. This is not too bad seeing as the whole point of this module is to reduce the amount of punctuation you use.

AUTHORS

Jerrad Pierce <[email protected], [email protected]>, Jeff Pinyan <[email protected]>, Casey R. Tweten <[email protected]>

SEE ALSO

English(3).