Is this that hard to change? (A naive question coming from somebody who codes IN perl but doesn't code the perl) Autovivication is a great thing so that constructs such as $a->{b}->{c} = 'd' create the entire structure without much tedium. That being said, looking at a file existence check of (-e "/a/b/c/d")
or a system ls on a directory doesn't go about creating directories (I know, I know ... apples to oranges). Is this planned behavior. It seems that it would make good sense in an assignment operator, but that is all. Does it have to occur whenever it tries to back up the reference line?
OK, I've probably put my foot in my mouth because I haven't looked at the back end of Perl.
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