--- "A. Pagaltzis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, the one point you havenât replied to, which Iâm still > wondering about: is there a reason to avoid Hash::Util::lock_keys > for your task?
Because I frequently find that missing keys are OK; I just need to assign default values to them if they're not present. Thus, if I call lock_keys before hand, it doesn't work. If I call lock_keys afterward, I then I still have to remember to unlock them when my methods are done with the hash. I don't want to lock the keys. I want to validate them. Cheers, Ovid -- If this message is a response to a question on a mailing list, please send follow up questions to the list. Web Programming with Perl -- http://users.easystreet.com/ovid/cgi_course/