On 10/29/07, Jeremy Kister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 10/29/2007 7:23 PM, Aaron Priven wrote: > > my $hashref = \%hash; > > > > But as near as I can tell, there is no way to do the reverse > > operation: making a "my %hash" that is an alias for a hash reference. > > my %newhash = %{$hashref};
You have made a copy of the hash. I do not believe that that is what the original poster wished, which I think would be a new hash that the old reference points to. I don't think that what the original poster wants is even possible, but I can't see any reason to need it, either. Cheers! --Tom Phoenix Stonehenge Perl Training -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://learn.perl.org/