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From:
Uri Guttman
Date:
November 25, 2007 16:21
Subject:
Re: fun with hashes!
Message ID:
x7ve7pdfgl.fsf@mail.sysarch.com
>>>>> "s" == shmem  <gm@cruft.de> writes:


  s> You forgot an obscure corner of hashes: hashes in scalar context.
  s> Here's a a use - calculate the next power of 2 of a given number:

  s> sub next_power_of_two {
  s>     my %s;
  s>     @s{1..shift} = ();
  s>     %s =~ '/';
  s>     return $';
  s> }

  s> ;-)

GACK!!!

and that assume knowledge of the internals of hashes. not a good thing
to teach! :)

uri

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