So when you "tested" this ... you saw the "keys on reference is experimental" warning .... Otherwise your code didn't compile at all ...

I don't know what Perl version sundialsvc4 was using, but I tested the code under Perl 5.14 and it works as advertised.

I and many others have long had a problem with sundialsvc4: he so often just doesn't seem to know what the hell he's talking about. Even when I occasionally encounter a post of his that seems, at first glance, to make a valid point, I have gotten into the habit of simply passing on by: I've been bitten too often by bugs and gotchas that only become apparent on closer inspection or through the replies of others to risk upvoting.

Lately, I've seen a couple of his posts that are so clear, straighforward and helpful that I've upvoted them; this is one. Of course, a note about the "highly experimental" nature of  keys EXPR would have been nice and there's still a bit of bloviation, but you can't have everything. There's code, compilable, runnable code that works as described, and a few valid points! sundialsvc4 takes up so much bandwidth on this site that it's a shame his contributions haven't been correspondingly worthwhile. Is a new day dawning? I hope so, and I think any effort in that direction is worth encouraging.

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In reply to Re^3: merge two hashes into one by AnomalousMonk
in thread merge two hashes into one by ovedpo15

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