in reply to Re^2: Help explaining data structure
in thread Help explaining data structure

I don't think the arrow notation can be applied.

Sure it can... These are all equivalent: 

1. $val{$file}[3][$num{$alias}{save}]
2. $val{$file}[3][$num{$alias}->{save}]
3. $val{$file}[3]->[$num{$alias}{save}]
4. $val{$file}[3]->[$num{$alias}->{save}]
5. $val{$file}->[3][$num{$alias}{save}]
6. $val{$file}->[3][$num{$alias}->{save}]
7. $val{$file}->[3]->[$num{$alias}{save}]
8. $val{$file}->[3]->[$num{$alias}->{save}]

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Of those, I would prefer number 6 with some whitespace added for readability. 
$val{$file}->[3][ $num{$alias}->{save} ]

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