"Kipp, James" wrote:
> Autovivication does not happen when you are trying to access the non
> existing key, it happens when you are trying to assing it. So if you have:
> $href->{foo}
> and you do something like
> print $href->{fou}
> it will then create this entry which can be detrimental.
No. Printing $href->{fou} will not create 'fou' entry in %$href.
Printing
$href->{fou}{bar} will create $href->{fou} but not $href->{fou}{bar},
$href->{fou} will be a reference to an empty hash.
- RaFaL Pocztarski, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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