[nlug] Re: Perl Dereference Question

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mike wrote:
> On 8/9/06, Timothy Ball <> wrote:
>
>> perldoc -f tie
>>
>> specifically I believe tie scalar is what magic you want.
>
>
> *gah* tie magic is above and beyond simply "getting a variable %hash
> that references the same data". tie magic requires a class that
> implements the common functions of a hash. so while, yes, you COULD
> tie a hash and have the implementation directly change the contents of
> another hash, you must also consider the overhead, extra code, and
> propensity for such an approach to needlessly complicate your code.
>
> it appears that paul is merely too damn lazy to type $hashref->{} and
> wants to type $hash{} instead, presumably because his fingers don't
> know how to work the infix dereference operator. $href-> has become
> second nature to me. i very rarely use a flat hash.
>
> -mike

Yes, tie is far more complicated than I was looking for. As Michael
Chaney said, I was hoping there was something simple like
%hash = %{ $hashref };
but having them be the same instead of creating a copy as this does.

I thought perhaps I was missing something obvious, but apparently not.

Paul

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