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I was startled six years ago when I was reading the then-new blue camel
and discovered that
my \$alias = \$value;
did not set $alias to have the same referent as $value, the
way
*alias = \$value;
does, but with a lexical scope instead.
Six years later it still doesn't. There are a handful of *Alias*
modules around that let you set that up using various syntaces,
mostly more or less direct wrappers around a tie interface. (I wrote
one of them myself, even: tie::alias )
Could someone clue me in as to the reason for this missing piece?
Is it simply a tuit defecit or are there more complex reasons?
david nicol
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