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NAME

namespace - Perl pragma to use like C++ namespace aliasing

SYNOPSIS

use namespace qw/File IO::File SEEK_END SEEK_CUR $VERSION/;

my $fh = new File ">foo";
if( defined $fh )
{
    print $fh "bar\n";
    $fh->close;
}

DESCRIPTION

use namespace 
   qw/ ALIAS PACKAGE [ IMPORT_LIST [ ::SUBPACKAGE [ IMPORT_LIST ]]] /;

ALIAS and PACKAGE is required parameters;
IMPORT_LIST is the usual list of import.

NOTE! The the names of variables will be imported to ALIAS or ALIAS::SUBPACKAGE namespace. And the names of functions will be imported to caller package.

EXAMPLES

use namespace qw/DOM XML::DOM $VERSION ::Document $VERSION/;

   # DOM is alias for XML::DOM
   #       $VERSION from XML::DOM will be imported to DOM
   #
   # ::Document subpackage of XML::DOM will be aliased to DOM::Document
   #       $VERSION from XML::DOM::Document will be imported to DOM::Document

my $doc = new DOM::Document;

print "Current used DOM version is $DOM::VERSION \n";

AUTHOR

Albert MICHEEV <Albert@f80.n5049.z2.fidonet.org>