Re^2: Putting an array into a hash gives an unexpected reference to the hash itself.

I doubt Data::Dumper inspects any variable names. It just uses what you give it - or VAR1, VAR2 if it gets nothing.

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Re^3: Putting an array into a hash gives an unexpected reference to the hash itself. by AnomalousMonk (Archbishop) on Nov 08, 2012 at 19:49 UTC
I doubt Data::Dumper inspects any variable names. It doesn't (as far as I know), and my code example would have been clearer had I not supplied a variable name to `Dump()` in contrast to the OP. I just wanted to make the points that `Data::Dumper` tries to emphasize repeated references within the data structure it's dumping (as these are usually important), and that even if one could sometimes recover the name of a reference, it probably wouldn't be worth doing.	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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Re^3: Putting an array into a hash gives an unexpected reference to the hash itself.
by AnomalousMonk (Archbishop) on Nov 08, 2012 at 19:49 UTC

I doubt Data::Dumper inspects any variable names.

It doesn't (as far as I know), and my code example would have been clearer had I not supplied a variable name to Dump() in contrast to the OP. I just wanted to make the points that Data::Dumper tries to emphasize repeated references within the data structure it's dumping (as these are usually important), and that even if one could sometimes recover the name of a reference, it probably wouldn't be worth doing.

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