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__PACKAGE__

The current package name at compile time, or the undefined value if there is no current package (due to a package; directive). Like __FILE__ and __LINE__, __PACKAGE__ does not interpolate into strings.

Source: what's new for perl5.004
Copyright: Larry Wall, et al.

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