In my mind at least, clamping and readonly are 2 different animals. A hash that has been "clamped" could still have its values modified, but can't have a new key added, but a hash that is readonly wouldn't be able to add a key, or have its values modified... -Scott L. Miller > >I can imagine convincing arguments for semantics that do and don't > >allow updates via the reference. > > I can't. If the hash in readonly/clamped then it does not matter how > you reach it it is readonly/clamped. > > -- > Nick Ing-Simmons > http://www.ni-s.u-net.com/ >Thread Previous | Thread Next