While the :: symbol can be thought of as similar to the period in a C struct, it is much more akin to the :: class scope operator in C++: a.b.c; /* something in C */ a::b::c(); // function in C++ $a::b::c; # a scalar in Perl 5 @a::b::c; # a list in Perl 5 %a::b::c; # an associative array or "hash" in Perl 5 &a::b::c; # a function in Perl 5
　“::”符號可以認為是與C語言中的“.”相似，而它更像C++中的::類范圍操作符。
$m = 5;
sub me
{
}
$main::m
&main::me
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