On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 11:57 PM, Richard Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: snip > Also, can you explain why below is wrong? snip > func([EMAIL PROTECTED]); > sub func { > my $aref = shift; > my $oref = "$aref"; # WRONG <----- why is it wrong? > } snip
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