In a message dated Wed, 14 Apr 2004, David Storrs writes:
> Actually, what I'd like to know is when it was decided that %hash{key}
> meant %hash{key()}?? Was it in one of the Apocalypses?
Perhaps it wasn't spelled out, but the implication was certainly there.
Barewords are gone. Braces create a closure. A closure consisting only
of pairs returns a hash reference. A closure immediately following a hash
or hashref dereferences the hash. By inference, {key} is a closure
consisting of C<key>, which can't be a bareword since barewords are gone.
Hence it must be a sub call to key().
Trey
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