On Sat, Jan 26, 2002 at 09:28:18AM -0800, Peter Scott wrote: > > %foo{"bar"}
It's bare, and it's a word. I presume you're also happy with these ambiguities: $foo{shift} vs. $foo{"shift"} $foo{bar} vs. sub bar() { ... } $foo{bar} vs. $foo{+bar} vs. $foo{bar()} vs. $foo{"+bar"} vs. $foo{"bar()"} and they never cause any problems? > Pacific Systems Design Technologies > http://www.perldebugged.com Although I suppose if we make it harder for people to write buggy Perl, there's less of a market for debugging books. :) -- 10. The Earth quakes and the heavens rattle; the beasts of nature flock together and the nations of men flock apart; volcanoes usher up heat while elsewhere water becomes ice and melts; and then on other days it just rains. - Prin. Dis.