Hi,
I am learning perl, and I have some questions regarding a script I am studying .
Here is a portion of my script :

my (@sargs) = @_;
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is it equivalent with : my @sargs = @_; ? (without bracket)

After there is :
my $config = {"delete" => 0, soFiles => []};
Is it right that $config is a hash table ?
I have a doubt, because I would write : my %config = ( "delete" => 0, soFiles => [] );


is these 2 lines are equivalent ?

my $config = {"delete" => 0, soFiles => []};
my $config = {"delete" => 0, "soFiles" => []};


After that, delete is initialized like this :

$config->{delete} = 1; # why -> is it a reference ?

why not to use : $config{delete} = 1 ?

Thanks for your help. And sorry for these questions...

thierry

20040728 Edit by ysth: change title from "newbie needs help" and add code tags

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