I also found another way to do this without using FreezeThaw. Test::More also includes a function is_deeply that works about the same way: 

is_deeply( \%crosslinks,
           \%crosslinkscorrect,
           "hash_comparison"
         );

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This also much better for using in test scripts, since it returns more information when the test fails: 

t/ReadCrossLinks....NOK 1#     Failed test (t/ReadCrossLinks.t at line
+ 32)
#     Structures begin differing at:
#          $got->{10.5.5.1}[0] = undef
#     $expected->{10.5.5.1}[0] = Does not exist
# Looks like you failed 1 tests of 1.

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Not to mention the fact that since my app doesn't use FreezeThaw for anything else, I can remove that dependency from Makefile.PL. :-)

NOTE: The structures I will be comparing contain only scalars and anonymous refs. I have not tried is_deeply with refs as shown in perlfaq4, so I don't know if it acts more like cmpStr or cmpStrHard, but it works wonderfully for my purpose.

--J

In reply to Re: Using FreezeThaw correctly? by Rhys
in thread Using FreezeThaw correctly? by Rhys

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