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Re: [perl #128588] Tied hash magic ignored in references the firsttime 'round

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Zefram
Date:
July 10, 2016 00:46
Subject:
Re: [perl #128588] Tied hash magic ignored in references the firsttime 'round
Message ID:
20160710004601.GH1170@fysh.org
Father Chrysostomos via RT wrote:
>What do others think?

I think ref() shouldn't have been defined to distinguish between types of
scalar referent.  But given that that is a visible part of what it does,
it seems necessary for it to handle magic on the referent.

-zefram
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