What is the difference between module and package?
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Answer Posted / kiruthikau
- A module is a .pm file containing some Perl code.
- A package is a declaration of the name of the current
scope, e.g.:
package Math::Complex
- Which can occur in the code of a module or a script.
- A module can be used, because it is a physical
'thing', but a package cannot.
- A module may contain several packages:
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