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sub new {
    my $obj = bless{
        Order => [],
        Items => {}, 
        Config => {},
    }, shift @_; 
    
    my (undef, $itemValues) = @_ ;
    my @asList = %$itemValues;
    
    while (@asList) {
        my ($key, $val) = splice @asList, 0, 2;

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Re^2: Force access a Hash ref as Array ref
by Anonymous Monk on Jul 20, 2021 at 14:58 UTC

    This appears to change the signature of new() to SomeMod->new( undef, { name => value ... } ). Not to mention that it loses the order of the arguments.

    OTOH splice @asList, 0, 2 is a reasonable alternative to ( shift @asList, shift @asList ).

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