One option (maybe not the best) is to create a function that does the sort, rather than a function that does each comparison. For example:

sub sorted_keys_by_value {
  my $hash = shift;
  return sort {$hash->{$a} cmp $hash->{$b}} keys %$hash;
}

@sorted_keys = sorted_keys_by_value(\%myHash);
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-- Mike

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