Re^5: FATAL ERROR: Can't use string ("HASH(0x875fffc)") as a HASH ref while "strict refs" in use at

Thats an error, you're supposed to write

use Tie::File::AsHash;

 tie my %hash, 'Tie::File::AsHash', 'filename', split => ':'
        or die "Problem tying %hash: $!";
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no dereferencing nonsense.

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Re^6: FATAL ERROR: Can't use string ("HASH(0x875fffc)") as a HASH ref while "strict refs" in use at by ikegami (Patriarch) on Jun 17, 2008 at 13:47 UTC
His use of `%$self` is neither an error (`%$self` is just as much a hash as `%hash`) nor inappropriate in this case (since he needs to return a blessed reference).	[reply] [d/l] [select]