There's code, compilable, runnable code that works as described

But if, and only if, you happen to be running one of a few select versions of perl which support it. Try compiling with perl newer than 5.22 or older than 5.14 and see how you get on.

You could call this ignorance or an oversight on the point of sundialsvc4 except that he specifically said, in italics no less, that it was "tested". Which means he ran it, saw the warning and ignored it. He didn't investigate further and he didn't even mention it in the post. That's bad enough but when you consider he's supposedly trying to help a new perl coder - someone who hasn't read the FAQs and is asking about a well-trodden topic - do you still think it is well-intentioned?

That's a rhetorical question. Having pointed this out again I'll contribute no further to this subthread.

In reply to Re^4: merge two hashes into one by hippo
in thread merge two hashes into one by ovedpo15

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