Andrew Gaffney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
:
: I think that 'my' is bad because I have something similar to:
:
: my %tree;
:
: sub return_an_arrayref() {
: my @array = ('thing1', 'thing2', 'thing3');
: return [EMAIL PROTECTED];
: }
:
: sub build_tree() {
: foreach(@thing) {
: $tree{$_} = return_an_arrayref();
: }
: }
:
: use Data::Dumper;
: print Dumper(%tree);
:
: The output shows a bunch of empty arrays or arrays with
: all undef elements under each key in %tree. I know
: return_an_arrayref() is returning data because I can
: print all the elements out in build_tree().
Remember Finagle's Third Law:
"In any collection of data, the figure most obviously
correct, beyond all need of checking, is the mistake."
Your results indicate that return_an_arrayref() does
sometimes return a reference to an empty array. Show us
unedited code for more help.
HTH,
Charles K. Clarkson
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