Re: [FWP] From "The Art of Perl", Ch. 1

[merlyn@stonehenge.com (Randal L. Schwartz)]

>>>>> "Eli" == Eli Evans <eevans@libronix.com> writes:

Eli> Jeff Pinyan [mailto:jeffp@crusoe.net] says:
Eli> : Operating on Lists
Eli> : ------------------
Eli> : 
Eli> : array-to-hash
Eli> : 
Eli> : 	while (($k,$v) = each %{{ @list }}){ ... }

Eli> Dare I say it? This particular idiom causes an endless loop when I use it
Eli> (latest ActivePerl build (519): 5.005_03 built for MSWin32-x86-object). 

Eli> Looks like the 'each' iterator isn't incremented when you use %{{@list}}:

It can't be.  It rebuilds the hash on each iteration!

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