>>>>> "Tony" == Tony Payne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Tony> On Tue, 2002-05-14 at 14:48, Myk Melez wrote:
>> my $bar = { foo => @foo };
Tony> That's equivalent to
Tony> my $bar = { foo => undef };
Not really. Depends on what's in @foo.
if @foo = qw(1 fred 3), then it's equivalent to
my $bar = { foo => 1, fred => 3 };
Hence, it's nearly never what is wanted.
Tony> did you mean this:
Tony> my $bar = { foo => \@foo };
Yeah, I like that.
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