Re^2: Regarding Hashes of Arrays

I like the last syntax best, because it makes it clear that there is a reference (more or less equivalent to a "pointer" in C speak) involved.

The fact that there is a multi-dimentional datastructure should already make it assumed there are references involved. Or do you know of a way to do complex datastructures in Perl without references?

"There is no shame in being self-taught, only in not trying to learn in the first place." -- Atrus, Myst: The Book of D'ni.

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Re^3: Regarding Hashes of Arrays by Joost (Canon) on Aug 10, 2004 at 20:30 UTC
do you know of a way to do complex datastructures in Perl without references? Yes. `$hash{1,2,3,4} = 'one'; $hash{1,2,3,5} = 'two'; print $hash{1,2,3,4},$hash{1,2,3,5}; __END__ onetwo` [download] leftovers from perl4, I know, but it's still valid perl. "What should it profit a man, if he should win a flame war, yet lose his cool?"	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: Regarding Hashes of Arrays by hardburn (Abbot) on Aug 10, 2004 at 20:51 UTC
/me shudders at code above I still say the `->` is unnecessary, since if you're using real datastructures in Perl, the references part should be assumed. "There is no shame in being self-taught, only in not trying to learn in the first place." -- Atrus, Myst: The Book of D'ni.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^5: Regarding Hashes of Arrays by Joost (Canon) on Aug 10, 2004 at 20:59 UTC
I agree it's unnecessary, but I stil like it. :-) I've done too much assembly programming to be able to ignore pointers, I guess. "What should it profit a man, if he should win a flame war, yet lose his cool?"	[reply]