Perhaps the main problem is trying to use inside-out objects. I would use a hash otherwise. I have previously used fields to enforce a set of keys, however I understand they are deprecated so I was seeking an alternative. I like the concept of inside-out objects, however there's no easy way to walk the keys. I also wanted to keep the keys in order for outputting a record so a straight hash wouldn't be enough anyway.

Design considerations aside, I have been banging my head against this code for a little while. It would be nice to know why eval is choosing to ignore a lexical until it is named, unfortunately when I try to boil it down to a simple test case, it works, so I am obviously removing the problem as well, and I am not at liberty to post the code I am working on.

Thanks for the reply, anyway

In reply to Re^2: Eval doesn't see lexicals by Anonymous Monk
in thread Eval doesn't see lexicals by Anonymous Monk

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