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Nick Ing-Simmons
Date:
July 26, 2001 00:28
Subject:
Re: [PATCH for discussion] new feature: clamp %hash
Message ID:
20010726072754.726.3@bactrian.ni-s.u-net.com
Arthur Bergman <arthur@contiller.se> writes:
>01-07-25 14.47, skrev Nick Ing-Simmons på nick@ing-simmons.net följande:
>
>>> And I'll reiterate that if you want clamping, then Tie::SecureHash
>>> does exactly what you're after.
>> 
>> Except speed. Jeffrey's scheme trades a C level SvREADONLY(hv)
>> (on all hash accesses) vs method despatch on "clamp-via-tie".
>> 
>
>Can't you implment this using magic? (not tie magic, but a new magic)

Yes we could - need to choose a new magical token.

-- 
Nick Ing-Simmons
http://www.ni-s.u-net.com/


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