Since starting to code in Perl I have this problem with using curly-braces where it should be parens, and vice-versa. I would like to know what the thinking is behind the purpose of each brace so that I dont waste as much time.

Also, if you do not know the technical issues behind the ideologies of each character, but do have some personal way of remembering how to use the two properly, feel free to share those with me as well.

Some examples of common mistakes ( _NOT_ the only ones): 

my %bad_hash = {foo => 'bar'};   
my %good_hash = (fun => 'Simpsons' );  
my $bad_ref = (this => 'that');
my $good_ref = {more_fun => 'Simpsons DVDs'};

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In reply to The CORRECT thinking behind the {}s and the ()s. by the_Don

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