>>>in order for $o to maintain it's internal state. is that right? if so, I >>>don't like that very much. > > > It's not right. You are confusing scalars with references in that example.
ook, my bad - I thought the proposed "solution" was to always dereference pnotes behind the scenes, making the additional storage a requirement. but, just in case I'm not the only one confused, I'd propose a path like this... o create some (many?) additional pnotes tests that exercise the different ways we think people will be using pnotes in almost all normal circumstances we can think of. digging through CPAN might be a good idea. o offer that any fix shouldn't break the tests o see what falls out --Geoff --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]