Re^2: Is there a way to find out what kind of ref an object is?

use overload '%{}'=>sub{{}};
sub new { bless [] }
$ref = new();
eval { keys %$ref } ;
print "is it a hash?" unless $@;
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Re^3: Is there a way to find out what kind of ref an object is? by diotalevi (Canon) on Dec 07, 2005 at 03:31 UTC
That'd be the correct answer most of the time - if an object promises says it "can do" a hash interface, its up to everyone but the most sneaky to go by that.	[reply]