Name

isweak

Synopsis

isweak expr

Returns true if expr is a scalar, which is a weak reference:

my $weak_ref = \$boo_hoo;
my $i_am_weak = isweak($weak_ref); # false
weaken($weak_ref);
$i_am_weak = isweak($weak_ref); # true

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