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Win32::OLE objects aren't copies of the foreign objects. If they were copies, you couldn't affect the remote objects. Each Win32::OLE object is an interface to a remote objects.

Any fetch from the referenced hash results in a get from the remote object.

Any change to the referenced hash results in a set in the remote object.

And yes, you are doing repeated fetches.

I suspect I'm not understanding how Data::Dumper works.

It works much like your code, except it doesn't print anything. The output is placed in a string, which is returned when it's done.

In reply to Re^3: How do I obtain a list of values for all the properties of a Word document using Win32::OLE? by ikegami
in thread How do I obtain a list of values for all the properties of a Word document using Win32::OLE? by romandas

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