Re: FAQ 4.69 How can I use a reference as a hash key?
- From: steveo@xxxxxxxxx (Steven M. O'Neill)
- Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2007 18:04:07 +0000 (UTC)
PerlFAQ Server <brian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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4.69: How can I use a reference as a hash key?
(contributed by brian d foy)
Hash keys are strings, so you can't really use a reference as the key.
When you try to do that, perl turns the reference into its stringified
form (for instance, "HASH(0xDEADBEEF)").
Moo!
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