[chicagopm@topica.com removed from Cc:...] On Jan 30, Andy Lester said: >> @{$self}{keys %$r} = values %$r; >Yah, I found that after I sent the message, but my question is still: Is >there any other metaphor that makes more sense? Hash slices are surprising fast, I've heard. I'd stick with them. -- MIDN 4/C PINYAN, USNR, NROTCURPI http://www.pobox.com/~japhy/ jeff pinyan: japhy@pobox.com perl stuff: japhy+perl@pobox.com CPAN ID: PINYAN http://www.perl.com/CPAN/authors/id/P/PI/PINYAN/ PerlMonth - An Online Perl Magazine http://www.perlmonth.com/ ==== Want to unsubscribe from Fun With Perl? Well, if you insist... ==== Send email to <fwp-request@technofile.org> with message _body_ ==== unsubscribe