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in thread Is auto-dereferencing worth forcing upgrades to newer versions of Perl?

It doesn't work on unblessed references, which is what the auto-deref feature does work on. (I thought you were referring to autobox.)

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Re^6: Is auto-dereferencing worth forcing upgrades to newer versions of Perl?
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Aug 20, 2013 at 20:05 UTC
    (I thought you were referring to autobox.)

    No. I wouldn't touch autobox with yours let alone my own :)

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