Re^3: Unexpected warning

I can reproduce it myself too now:

tst(undef);        # doesn't warn from tst
tst($foo{undef});  # doesn't warn from tst
tst($foo{$undef}); # warns from tst
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I would say this is a bug in perl, or I am missing something?

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Re^4: Unexpected warning by samwyse (Scribe) on Nov 18, 2013 at 16:14 UTC
The undef value is subtly different from using an undefined variable, so that may be causing the problem. `tst($foo{undef}); # doesn't warn from tst` This uses the undef value as a key into the %foo hash; the key presumably doesn't exist so Perl returns undef. This is working as I would expect. `tst($foo{$undef}); # warns from tst` This looks up the value of $undef, which presumably isn't defined, so Perl should flag an error at that statement, not inside tst. If that is the case, then it, too, is working as I would expect.	[reply] [d/l] [select]

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Re^4: Unexpected warning
by samwyse (Scribe) on Nov 18, 2013 at 16:14 UTC

The undef value is subtly different from using an undefined variable, so that may be causing the problem.

tst($foo{undef}); # doesn't warn from tst

This uses the undef value as a key into the %foo hash; the key presumably doesn't exist so Perl returns undef. This is working as I would expect.

tst($foo{$undef}); # warns from tst

This looks up the value of $undef, which presumably isn't defined, so Perl should flag an error at that statement, not inside tst. If that is the case, then it, too, is working as I would expect.

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