On Fri, Jul 16, 2010 at 10:18, Shawn H Corey <shawnhco...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 10-07-16 08:17 AM, Chas. Owens wrote: >> >> So it can get bad: >> >> my $ref = \\\\\\[1]; >> print @$$$$$$$ref, "\n"; snip > If you have something that complicated, it's going to be bad not matter how > you do it. snip
Yeah, at a time like that it might be a good idea to throw efficiency to the wind and say something like my $some_meaningful_name = $$ref; my $other_meaningful_name = $$some_meaningful_name; . . . -- Chas. Owens wonkden.net The most important skill a programmer can have is the ability to read. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: beginners-unsubscr...@perl.org For additional commands, e-mail: beginners-h...@perl.org http://learn.perl.org/