Re: Symbol table lookup and hash

2005-03-17 Thread Larry Wall
On Thu, Mar 17, 2005 at 10:33:42AM +0200, Gaal Yahas wrote: : I'm looking to understand symbol tables and the symtable hash better. : : What's the motivation for ::() syntax? Is it mainly for binding aliases? It's for explicit symbolic reference. The ${...} syntax is now entirely reserved for ha

Symbol table lookup and hash

2005-03-17 Thread Gaal Yahas
I'm looking to understand symbol tables and the symtable hash better. What's the motivation for ::() syntax? Is it mainly for binding aliases? How would $::("MY::bar") behave when my $bar has not been declared? (Similarly, what happens with an undeclared $::("Foo::bar") ?) If I do the analogous t