>>>>> "JP" == John Porter <jdporter@min.net> writes: JP> foo { 'bar', 'quux' }; JP> was foo declared as foo($) or foo(&)? that is still compile time as are all prototypes. how about pseudo hashes? they are only determined at run time from the ref. if it is an array ref but used with a hash deref, and the first element is a hash ref of keys to indexes, then it will be used as a pseudo hash. uri -- Uri Guttman ----------------- SYStems ARCHitecture and Software Engineering uri@sysarch.com --------------------------- Perl, Internet, UNIX Consulting Have Perl, Will Travel ----------------------------- http://www.sysarch.com The Best Search Engine on the Net ------------- http://www.northernlight.com "F**king Windows 98", said the general in South Park before shooting Bill. ==== Want to unsubscribe from Fun With Perl? Well, if you insist... ==== Send email to <fwp-request@technofile.org> with message _body_ ==== unsubscribe