what's wrong with this code :

actually two questions :

1) why don't the $a,$b values of the SORT routine
print ?

2) what is wrong with the sort routine?
it doesn't sort; (rearrange the list) 
package netFetObj;
sub fetSort {
print " ######### A = $a \n";
print " ######### B = $b \n";
    my $ftA = $a->{"fet"};
    my $ftB = $b->{"fet"};
    $fetType->{$ftA} <=> $fetType->{$ftB}
}

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where fetType is updated
whenever the appropriate object method is invoked 
package something_else;
    foreach my $fetOBJ ( sort { &netFetObj::fetSort } @{ $OBJ->{"fets"
+} } ) {
        buildFet($FH,$fetOBJ,$OPT);
    }

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and the LIST to sort is a list of netFetObjs.

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