in reply to Re^2: Unwanted cloning of array elements
in thread Unwanted cloning of array elements

my $thispiece = {%$piece};  # create a deep copy

Be aware that {%$piece} creates a shallow copy. It may appear to be deep, but only because $piece is shallow to begin with, i.e., it has only one level. Try your code with a nested structure for $piece:

Win8 Strawberry 5.8.9.5 (32) Fri 05/07/2021 7:11:33 C:\@Work\Perl\monks >perl -Mstrict -Mwarnings my $Action; my $piece = { this => { that => { foo => { bar => 123 } } } }; foreach my $other (111 .. 113){ my $thispiece = {%$piece}; # create a SHALLOW copy $thispiece->{theother} = $other; push(@{$Action}, $thispiece); } use Data::Dumper; print Dumper($Action); ^Z $VAR1 = [ { 'theother' => 111, 'this' => { 'that' => { 'foo' => { 'bar' => 123 } } } }, { 'theother' => 112, 'this' => $VAR1->[0]{'this'} }, { 'theother' => 113, 'this' => $VAR1->[0]{'this'} } ];
Of course, if you're only dealing with a shallow structure in $piece to begin with, your code will be fine.


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