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Re: evaling dumped cyclic structuresby Aristotle (Chancellor) |
on Nov 27, 2002 at 16:36 UTC ( [id://216110]=note: print w/replies, xml ) | Need Help?? |
No, it is because in effect, you execute the following:
Obviously, the parent key is assigned the new value of $old, which is, well, undef. Update: You want to check the Data::Dumper POD for the $Data::Dumper::Purity setting. Update2: it appears valdez snuck the same point in as I was looking up the POD myself. Makeshifts last the longest.
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