On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 18:32, Dr.Ruud <rvtol+use...@isolution.nl> wrote: > Chas. Owens wrote: > >> [fat comma] >> >> it treats the thing on its left >> like a string if the thing on the left matches this pattern >> /^[-_a-zA-Z][-\w]*$/ > > I don't believe that pattern. So lets test: > > > perl -wle ' > $,=" => "; > my %h = ( -- => "x"); > print %h; > ' > syntax error at -e line 3, near "-- =>" > Execution of -e aborted due to compilation errors. > > Probably you meant the second character class to be just \w? > Even then the pattern is not right: > > > perl -wle ' > $,=" => "; > my %h = ( 1.23 => "x"); > print %h; > ' > 1.23 => x
Yep, the Perl interpreter in my head is buggy again. -- Chas. Owens wonkden.net The most important skill a programmer can have is the ability to read. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/
