Re: [FWP] Copying hashes

[Andrew Pimlott <andrew@pimlott.ne.mediaone.net>]

On Mon, Jan 31, 2000 at 11:01:16PM -0500, Jeff Pinyan wrote:
> You can get this kind of override by doing this (although it's damn slow):
> 
>   %hash = (%values_get_overridden, %hash);
>   %hash = (%hash, %values_override_hash);

Of course, but if those %'s were @'s, you'd say, "No, silly!  That's
what unshift and push are for!".  I want to be able to say the same
thing for hashes.

You may be able to optimize your examples under the hood, but I would
find this optimization highly unintuitive.  Is there currently any list
context in which arrays or hashes are magically not expanded?

Andrew

PS.  I support delete and exists on arrays ;)

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