Re^2: Unifying namespaces of @name and $name to simplify dereferencing?

I don't get it.

> would make maint a LOT harder

maint = maintenance ?

sub name {
    my $name = shift;
    exists $name{$name} and return $name{$name};
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well obviously you are passing a hash ref in this model because of the curlies {}

but then

    grep { $_ eq $name } @name and return $name;
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this would mean grepping for a circular reference in the array???

In standard Perl would be

    grep { $_ eq $name } @$name and return $name;
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Not sure if this really makes sense...

Cheers Rolf
_{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language and ☆☆☆☆ :)

Je suis Charlie!}

update

BTW: you are still free to use -> in this model to improve readability.

NB: -> is already optional between parens... $a->{x}[0] == $a->{x}->[0]

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Re^3: Unifying namespaces of @name and $name to simplify dereferencing? by shmem (Chancellor) on Mar 22, 2016 at 14:00 UTC
`sub name { my $name = shift; exists $name{$name} and return $name{$name};` [download] well obviously you are passing a hash ref in this model because of the curlies {} No. The name passed in (update: in normal behavior, obviously) is a string, the `$name{...}` lookup is into a previously defined hash: `my %name; my @name;` [download] ~~</nitpick>~~ Update: it is in your model where confusion arises about the type of the passed `$name`. perl -le'print map{pack c,($-++?1:13)+ord}split//,ESEL'	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^4: Unifying namespaces of @name and $name to simplify dereferencing? by LanX (Saint) on Mar 25, 2016 at 19:43 UTC
> Update: it is in your model where confusion arises about the type of the passed $name. yes you are right, `$name = shift` should do no aliasing automatically, Perl needs universal scalars which are untyped. see also my other replies, discussing typed `my $name[] = ...` declarations to be able to pass/assign references which work without `->` operator. Re^2: Unifying namespaces of @name and $name to simplify dereferencing? Re^2: Unifying namespaces of @name and $name... (bare lexicals) update > No. The name passed in (update: in normal behavior, obviously) is a string, the $name{...} lookup is into a previously defined hash: yes and in `feature "autoref"` this should never compile! Because of the alias `$name = \%name` in the upper scope a redeclaration of a simple scalar `$name` in the sub would make `$name{...}` accessing an undefined variable. I.o.W. identifiers must be unique in any scope and you would achieve this compile time checking without needing to use Perl Critic. Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language and ☆☆☆☆ :) Je suis Charlie!}	[reply] [d/l] [select]