HI, I've updated patches that add key/value hash slices to perl syntax: my %sub_hash = %hash{qw(some keys go here)}; This feature was discussed [1] back in Feb with Brad Gilbert. We agreed that for consistency this should work with arrays too as index/value array slice. I've added array functionality. Also, wrote a few basic tests. Main question is whether should I continue or stop right there as it never will be in the core? A quick review of the code [2] would be helpful too. [1] http://www.nntp.perl.org/group/perl.perl5.porters/2013/02/msg199485.html [2] https://github.com/ruz/perl5/tree/ruz/kvhslice-op -- Best regards, Ruslan.Thread Next