Hmmm, I seem to recall localizing a hash value within a deeply nested structure, like: 

my $root = { some_object => obj };
$root->{some_object} = new Object;
my $arrayref = $root->{some_object}->objectMethodReturningEmbeddedArra
+yref();
$arrayref->[0] = 5;
{
  local $arrayref->[0] = 0;
  # execute some code, which sees 0 not 5
}

# now array element is 5 again

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I specifically remember wanting to do something like that in 5.004 and not being able to, having instead to do something like this: 

# ...
$arrayref->[0] = 5;
# ...
{
  my $lcl = $arrayref->[0];
  $arrayref->[0] = 0;

  # execute some code, which sees 0 not 5

  $arrayref->[0] = $lcl;
}

# now array element is 5 again

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dmm

In reply to Re(5): sub and anonymous sub by dmmiller2k
in thread sub and anonymous sub by BrowserUk

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