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Re: What's up with %MY?

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From:
Bryan C . Warnock
Date:
September 6, 2001 16:56
Subject:
Re: What's up with %MY?
Message ID:
0109061952090E.32512@wakko.idiocity.nut
On Thursday 06 September 2001 07:44 pm, Damian Conway wrote:
> Bzzzt! The line:
>
> 	%MY::{'$x'} = \$z;
>
> assigns a reference to $z to the *symbol table entry* for $x, not to $x
> itself.

So you're saying that the symbol table entry contains a reference to the 
variable it represents?  Okay, I'll buy that.... for now.

-- 
Bryan C. Warnock
bwarnock@capita.com

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