Hello, I have a package for copying and comparing refs, if you like. Doc goes as : ------------------------------------------------------------ $copied = copy_ref $what $copied = copy_ref $what, %except Duplicates $what. Scalars, code and globs are copied verbatim. In refs to arrays and hashes, all elements and values are copied recursively by copy_ref(). Blessed objects may provide a copy() method (see below). [snip] ----------------------------------------------------------- but that's not really fun ... Etienne ==== Want to unsubscribe from Fun With Perl? Well, if you insist... ==== Send email to <fwp-request@technofile.org> with message _body_ ==== unsubscribe