On Apr 21, Bob Showalter said: >Jeff 'japhy' Pinyan wrote: >> On Apr 21, Bob Showalter said: >> > There's a Tie::Array::Unique module on CPAN which gives you a lot >> > more flexibility in handling this kind of thing. >> >> I agree (says the author of the module). It maintains the uniqueness >> throughout the life of the array, so you don't have to keep removing >> duplicates every time you want to add one -- it does it for you. > >It also lets the user define what "uniqueness" means, overcoming the >Achilles heel of all the hash-based methods...
I have to say I think that feature really sells the module. -- Jeff "japhy" Pinyan [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pobox.com/~japhy/ RPI Acacia brother #734 http://www.perlmonks.org/ http://www.cpan.org/ CPAN ID: PINYAN [Need a programmer? If you like my work, let me know.] <stu> what does y/// stand for? <tenderpuss> why, yansliterate of course. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
