Jonathan Scott Duff skribis 2005-05-14 9:49 (-0500): > Then surely $leaf = [.{}] %hash, $k1, $k2, $k3 > is the same as $leaf = %hash .{} $k1 .{} $k2 .{} $k3
Then perhaps the easy way out is to make .{} $key and .[] $index valid syntax. Or perhaps [] can play the role of infix list operator, to support postcircumfixes: my $leaf = %hash [.{}] @keys > $leaf_value = [$^a.{$^b}] %hash, @keys; Once arbitrary expressions are valid in [], its purpose is lost as a meta-operator. You can write the above with "normal" reduce: my $leaf = reduce { $^a.{$^b} }, \%hash, @keys; Since writing that line, I understand how adding a \ can make Damian's example work (provided that postcircumfix operators are supported in that way). I wasn't realising that %hash.{$k1} would of course be another hashref. Somehow I was thinking about a string. Juerd -- http://convolution.nl/maak_juerd_blij.html http://convolution.nl/make_juerd_happy.html http://convolution.nl/gajigu_juerd_n.html