gensym

Creates an anonymous glob and returns a reference to it that can be used as a filehandle or directory handle.

qualify (symname[, pkg])

Turns unqualified symbol names into qualified variable names (e.g., turns myvar into MyPackage::myvar).

qualify_to_ref (symname[, pkg])

Like qualify, but returns a glob reference that can be used even if use strict 'refs' is in effect.

ungensym

For backward compatibility only; does nothing.