And another way could be something like: 
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;

my $data = {
    Colour  => 'blue',
    Entries => {
        Flowers => {
            Dahlia => {
                Smell => 'nice'
            },
            Rose   => {
                Colour => 'red'
            }
        }
    }
};

my $ref_flowers = $data->{Entries}->{Flowers};

my $colour = sub{my $fl=shift; $ref_flowers->{$flw}->{Colour}};
my $smell = sub{my $fl=shift; $ref_flowers->{$flw}->{Smell}};

print "Rose's color is ",$colour->('Rose'),".\n" if $colour->('Rose');
print "Dahlia smells ",$smell->('Dahlia'),".\n" if $smell->('Dahlia');

__OUTPUT__
Rose's color is red.
Dahlia smells nice.

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Miguel

In reply to Re: Inheritance in Hash by Miguel
in thread Inheritance in Hash by Eyck

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