>>>>> "Drew" == Drew Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
    Drew> I would like to return a single data structure, but order IS
    Drew> important (hence the current setup). I was thinking of using
    Drew> an array, where each element is a hash reference. So I would
    Drew> return something like this:

In this case pseudohashes are absolutely what you're looking for.
They'll also have the smallest impact on your code as you can walk
@{$ref}[1..foo] when you need the items in order and grab $ref->{key}
when you need a particular value.  Just remember that $ref->[0] is
special.

-- 
Stephen

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