Re^2: Pass By Reference Inner Workings - Magic scalar operator

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davido, I'm surprised and ashamed for you. You should have told him about shift() before or instead of +shift. The former looks normal and has identical functionality while the latter is just an abuse of unary +.

... = %{shift()}

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Re^3: Pass By Reference Inner Workings - Magic scalar operator by davido (Cardinal) on May 01, 2005 at 08:12 UTC
:) Surprise and shame huh? Is it abuse, or acceptible use? Either way, the Perl world will survive my sin. ;) It's not all that unusual of a sight anyway, though to your point it is not as explicit as `shift()`. Thanks for the gentle reminder that we shouldn't get too fancy. Dave	[reply] [d/l]

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