in reply to Creating a new variable named the contents of another

You're grasping for a hash. You could use soft references for that, but you shouldn't.

The reason it won't work with lexicals is because they're not in the symbol table, while globals are. (If you don't fully understand that, you need to read more from the Camel book.)

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Expressing a contrary opinion, whether to the individual or the group, is more often a sign of deeper thought than of cantankerous belligerence.
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I shouldn't have to say this, but any code, unless otherwise stated, is untested

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by Fletch (Bishop) on Sep 27, 2004 at 14:06 UTC
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