I could do that, but there to my knowledge keys and each doesn't work on arrays.
Even if you could though, it won't fix other problems. The easist way would be to simply say in the POD, "Don't do that!". There are many ways around it, It just vexes me that I can't have it DWIW. What would work I suppose is just to have a $^global that was set locally within loop conditions (modifying PP_CTL?), or extend Want.pm to add the context. I actually started modifying Want and for some reason put it aside. This would let you determine the "iterative" context but then, even if it was accepted, it would only be available in the latest perls. It's just one of those problems that gnaws at me. I keep thinking there has got to be some way of doing it without patching the source.

-Lee

"To be civilized is to deny one's nature."

In reply to Re: Re^8: Perl Internals - references and symbol table by shotgunefx
in thread Perl Internals - references and symbol table by nothingmuch

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