Re: Why does Tie::Simeple (scalar) work without real local data?

"JWK" == John W Krahn <someone@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

JWK> Uri Guttman wrote:
>>>>>>> "JWK" == John W Krahn <someone@xxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

JWK> If you increment a reference it *becomes* a number and cannot be
JWK> changed back to a reference. Likewise, if you stringify a
JWK> reference it cannot be changed back to a reference.

>> the difference with the OP's code is that ++ will change the ref value
>> to a number and store it back into $x and then the ref is lost
>> forever. just using a ref in some expression without modifiying it will
>> not change the ref.

JWK> That's what I thought I was saying. Unfortunately the code I
JWK> used did not convey that point. :)

well you didn't say it in english either. the first quoted paragraph
above say stringifying will convert a ref and not be allowed to convert
back. i was correcting that and also the example code.

uri

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