Re: pod variables?

On Fri, 27 Feb 2009, Darren Duncan wrote:

> Jon Lang wrote:
>> Under the section about twigils in S02, "$=var" is described as a "pod
>> variable".  I'm not finding any other references to pod variables;
>> what are tey, and how are they used?  (In particular, I'm wondering if
>> they're a fossil; if they aren't, I'd expect further information about
>> them to be in S26.)
>
> The principle of pod variables as I recall them discussed a few years ago is 
> that it is a way for code to programmatically access its own documentation, 
> such as, for example code introspecting a routine could also print out the 
> documentation for that routine, I suppose.  Whatever it was, it sounded 
> useful at the time. -- Darren Duncan

 	To further clarify, I put this exact question to Larry, and he 
basically said that the clarification of POD variables will happen as Damian 
continues work on S26-Documentation.

 	:)

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