(dws)Re: Declaring and initializing a hash with a list of keys and a list of values

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This gets points for being twisted, but it still goes on my "Kids, don't try this before a code review" list. The benefit you get from being able to the the declaration and initialization in one statement is outweighed by the wetware pessimization of making the reader dig to see the my.

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Re: (dws)Re: Declaring and initializing a hash with a list of keys and a list of values by merlyn (Sage) on May 15, 2001 at 22:24 UTC
Right. In real code, I'd simply do my first choice in the opening description. However, the idea of declaring a variable and having a reference to it immediately is a fun idiom. I used it earlier in template for using bind_columns with DBI, for example. -- Randal L. Schwartz, Perl hacker	[reply]

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