Rafa? Pocztarski wrote: > 2009/12/11 Irfan Sayed <irfan_sayed2...@yahoo.com>: >> Hi All, >> >> Can somebody please tell me what is the difference between "=" and ":=" sign >> in case of perl?? > > There is no := operator in Perl 5. In Perl 6 := is a run-time binding > operator: > > $x = 1; > $y := $x; > $y = 2; > > Now both $x ==2 and $y == 2 > In Perl 5 you use typeglob assignment to achieve the same thing: > > $x = 1; > *y = \$x; > $y = 2;
Does this mean "no strict 'refs'" will no longer be needed in cases where the symbol table must be manipulated manually? Steve -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
