On top of what Jeff said, here is an article on autoviv: http://tlc.perlarchive.com/articles/perl/ug0002.shtml
Cheers, Kevin On Thu, Oct 18, 2001 at 07:10:45PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) said something similar to: > Friends -- Could you briefly explain the term "auto-vivification"? I have > seen this quite a few times in some of the responses. -- [Writing CGI Applications with Perl - http://perlcgi-book.com] "I find this a nice feature but it is not according to the documentation. Or is it a BUG?""Let's call it an accidental feature. :-)" -- Larry Wall in <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]