#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 ): 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

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.