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On Wed May 28 09:22:22 2008, david@kineticode.com wrote:
> When I run this code:
>
> my @a = map { "--$_" => $_ } @ARGV;
>
> I get this compile-time error:
>
> Not enough arguments for map at /Users/david/bin/try line 6, near "}
> @ARGV"
> syntax error at /Users/david/bin/try line 6, near "} @ARGV"
> Execution of /Users/david/bin/try aborted due to compilation errors.
Because Perl thinks you are constructing an anonymous hash. If you
disambiguate, it figures it out:
my @a = map {; "--$_" => $_ } @ARGV;
Note the semicolon.
(Pardon the double-submit, but I forgot to CC p5p on the first go.)
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