Re^2: are TypeGlob assingments to a lexical variables possible?

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thanks. But I'm not sure why it is "safer" to localize *H than specifically %H. I guess what you are worried about that the passed in reference might not be a hash. Right?

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Re^3: are TypeGlob assingments to a lexical variables possible? by ikegami (Patriarch) on Sep 26, 2006 at 15:08 UTC
No, it's because it prevents bad things from happening if the parent %H is a tied variable or an alias to a tied variable.	[reply]

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