in reply to Re: Re: use slack;
in thread use slack;

Says epoptai:
> Can't use string ("\&foo")
That's because your hash has 
    that => '\&that',

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when it should have 
    that => \&that,

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Re: Re: use slack;
by chipmunk (Parson) on Dec 20, 2000 at 03:36 UTC
    After some discussion in the ChatterBox, it was revealed that epoptai was actually using qw// to create his hash: 
    %hash = qw/ this \&this
            that \&that
          /;

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    He was suitably abashed at his mistake. :)
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[d/l]
      After some confusion it is revealed by Dominus that I fell prey to the cargo cult by cutting and pasting a misquoted hash. I appreciate the test and assure you it won't happen again ;-)
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