I've added seekable and reversible hash iteration to Tree::RB. Here is an example: 
use strict;
use warnings;
use feature 'say';
use Tree::RB;

my $tied = tie(my %capital, 'Tree::RB');
%capital = (
    France  => 'Paris',
    England => 'London',
    Hungary => 'Budapest',
    Ireland => 'Dublin',
    Egypt   => 'Cairo',
    Germany => 'Berlin',
);

say 'Countries starting from Germany:';
$tied->hseek('Germany');
while(my ($key, $val) = each %capital) {
    say "key: $key, val: $val";
} 

say "\nCountries in reverse:";
$tied->hseek({-reverse=> 1});
while(my ($key, $val) = each %capital) {
    say "key: $key, val: $val";
}

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Output: 
Countries starting from Germany:
key: Germany, val: Berlin
key: Hungary, val: Budapest
key: Ireland, val: Dublin

Countries in reverse:
key: Ireland, val: Dublin
key: Hungary, val: Budapest
key: Germany, val: Berlin
key: France, val: Paris
key: England, val: London
key: Egypt, val: Cairo

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In reply to Re^2: what would you like to see in perl5.12? (trees) by Arunbear
in thread what would you like to see in perl5.12? by ysth

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