Re: [OT] Damian Conway book example (is the bug mine or his?)

[Ken Williams <ke...@forum.swarthmore.edu>]

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rtanner@onlinemac.com (Rob Tanner) wrote:
>     Can't modify single ref constructor in scalar assignment at \
>            accntREQUEST.cgi line 154, near ");"
[...]
>my $colleague = {};
>@{$colleague} = { "status",
>		  "id",
>		  "last_name",
>		  "first_name",
>		  "middle_name",
>		  "campus",
>		  "dob"
>		 } = split(/:/, $record);


...and that's exactly what you're doing, assigning to a single ref
constructor.  Just like saying the following, which is a syntax error:

  {one => 1} = (2,3);



You mean:

my $colleague = {};
@{$colleague}{"status",
              "id",
              "last_name",
              "first_name",
              "middle_name",
              "campus",
              "dob"
             } = split(/:/, $record);


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