Re: RFC 196 (v1) More direct syntax for hashes

[Bart Lateur]

On Wed, 6 Sep 2000 22:58:05 -0400, John Porter wrote:

>       keys %hash = @things;
>
>is defined as being equivalent to
>
>       @hash{ @things } = ();

Two more details to think about:

        %hash = ( b => 'beta', d => 'delta' );
        keys %hash = qw(a b c);

What happens to the values that were in %hash before? IMO, 'd' would be
removed, because it's not in the hash keys any more; but 'b'? Should
it's value be wiped, or remain what it was? I think it should be
preserved.

-- 
        Bart.