The point to this exercise is to have a function that allows a user to pass in either listrefs or lists to a given function foo(). foo() would then call a function called coerce_args(), passing in what type foo() is expecting (ARRAY, HASH, etc) and @_. coerce_args() would then return back the correct form, if possible.

I agree that it sounds like there are much better ways of accomplishing this, namely to require the user of foo() to pass in either a hash or hashref. But, once I started down this path, I wanted to finish it in the best Perl-ish fashion.

Why not use stringy eval? If not stringy eval, then could I use block eval? I'm probably not going to implement something like this (cause I'm going to take your advice, tye, and convert the lists to listrefs), but now I want to find out if what I'm trying is possible and, if not, why not.

In reply to Re: (tye)Re: Eval and $@% ... by dragonchild
in thread Eval and $@% ... by dragonchild

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