On Tue, Feb 08, 2000 at 12:04:36PM -0500, Joshua Pritikin wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 08, 2000 at 05:51:14PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > > > If I watch a complete hash, element modifications are not recognized.
> > > >
> > > > Correct.
> > >
> > > The is because you are modifying the SV held in that element. Perl does
> > > not consider this a modification to the hash itself.
> >
> > Ah ... I see. But what about delete() (and adding a new element)? scalar(%hash)
> > changes, does this indicate Perl considers THIS a modification?
>
> Based on a cursory review of hv.c, I'd say that PL_vtbl_uvar is not
> supported in general. It almost sounds like you need a tied hash...?
Correct, U magic only works on SV's
Graham.
