Re: [perl #75870] perldata.pod tied hash in scalar context

On Fri, Jun 18, 2010 at 03:58:08PM -0700, Kevin Ryde wrote:
> perldata.pod near the end of "Scalar values" says
> 
>        If a tied hash is evaluated in scalar context, a fatal error will
>        result, since this bucket usage information is currently not
>        available for tied hashes.
> 
> If I'm not mistaken this is no longer so, ie. a tied hash in scalar
> context is not fatal.  In fact in 5.10 the return may be a true/false
> for emptiness like a plain hash even when the tie doesn't implement a
> SCALAR method itself.

Thanks for the report. Now fixed in bleadperl with commit
    6e4c4703d5584b6bcbb9adfe4cdff420d0c88911
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• [perl #75870] perldata.pod tied hash in scalar context by Kevin Ryde
• Re: [perl #75870] perldata.pod tied hash in scalar context by Dave Mitchell