Oleg Pronin wrote: > >I don't even know what those do. Why do you want them? > > > &anchors are used to define an anchor on variable. > *aliases are used to insert previously defined anchor's value. > > For example, > root_dir: &root /very/long/path/to/root/dir > root_dir2: *root > > print MyApp->config->{root_dir2}; # /very/long/path/to/root/dir > >
Good reason for using them. Shame it appears nothing in perl supports them. If you want to use them i suggest you submit a patch against the YAML module of your choice. _______________________________________________ List: Catalyst@lists.rawmode.org Listinfo: http://lists.rawmode.org/mailman/listinfo/catalyst Searchable archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/catalyst@lists.rawmode.org/ Dev site: http://dev.catalyst.perl.org/