Re: When does a hash of lists get defined?

[Bruce Van Allen]

On 4/4/06 Stewart Leicester wrote:
>>if (! defined $phash{"D"})
>>     {
>>     print "\$phash{D} is undefined, We expected that.\n";
>>     }
>
>
>Instead of
>
>defined $phash{"D"}
>
>use
>
>exists $phash{"D"}

Actually, those mean different things. Neither autovivifies, which was
what Doug was seeking to understand.

Both
    defined $phash{"D"}[3]
and
    exists $phash{"D"}[3]

autovivify $phash{"D"}.

1;
- Bruce

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