Re^2: save hash to file?

It's not ambiguous at all - it says "hash or array", the word "array" gives context to the intended meaning of "hash". Perl uses context too, doesn't it ;)

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Re^3: save hash to file? by locked_user sundialsvc4 (Abbot) on Nov 15, 2010 at 16:03 UTC
Not to nit-pick here... `:-D` ... but if someone were determined to misunderstand the OP, it would still be possible to do so. `;-D` The specific thing that is triggering my uncertainty is the comment, “to use as a search key.” You probably wouldn’t be expecting to use a JSON-string as a search key; but a SHA1 digest, you might. It’s kinda like the old saw about a computer program finding five different valid parses to the string, “Time flies like an arrow.” You could even parse “save hash to a file” in two different ways: `save(hash, to_file)` or `save(hash(file))`. Aww, heck ... obviously, it is time for more coffee. `TMTOWTCY` = There's More Than One Way To Confuse Yourself

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Re^3: save hash to file?
by locked_user sundialsvc4 (Abbot) on Nov 15, 2010 at 16:03 UTC

Not to nit-pick here... :-D ... but if someone were determined to misunderstand the OP, it would still be possible to do so. ;-D

The specific thing that is triggering my uncertainty is the comment, “to use as a search key.” You probably wouldn’t be expecting to use a JSON-string as a search key; but a SHA1 digest, you might.

It’s kinda like the old saw about a computer program finding five different valid parses to the string, “Time flies like an arrow.” You could even parse “save hash to a file” in two different ways: save(hash, to_file) or save(hash(file)).

Aww, heck ... obviously, it is time for more coffee.

TMTOWTCY = There's More Than One Way To Confuse Yourself