The reason for 'untie'ing the array is related to my program using Data::Compare to compare data structures. The DBM::Deep database stores a hash of arrays (which have a hash as an element, etc). When my program runs, it retrieves the old info from the database to compare it with the new live information.

However, Data::Compare fails when comparing the two arrays (old and new info) because the old array is tied to the DBM, effectively comparing data structures that aren't alike (my logical/mental representation notwithstanding) since DBM::Deep hashes and arrays are objects, I think, as opposed to the regular hash/array structure of the new information in memory.

The two solutions I thought of (assigning the database array to a temp variable; assigning the new information to a temp spot in the database) both do not work (for differing values of 'do not work') due to the variables getting tied to the database.

I could potentially write a plugin for Data::Compare to handle this, but from what I can see that is way beyond my current ability.

I would post my code, but haven't finished writing it yet. :) The "variable reuse" problem (I believe) is just an artifact of my test code above; I don't think it'll exist in my actual code.

In reply to Re^4: Is this DBM::Deep behavior, or something with tie/bless? (normal) by romandas
in thread Is this DBM::Deep behavior, or something with tie/bless? by romandas

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