Localization problems - Re: How do you dynamically assign array names?

[drieux]

On Friday, Nov 14, 2003, at 09:07 US/Pacific, Wiggins d Anconia wrote:
Douglas Houston [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
:
: WHY do I need to explain why I want to do this?
     Because no one wants to give a loaded gun to
someone who hasn't demonstrated a good grasp of
gun safety.
That is a very ironic response coming from someone who based on their
sig I assume is in the US, going to someone based on their address
appears to be in the UK... who'd a thunk it...
p0: having been a card carrying member of the
Haverfordwest Pistol Club, dyfed wales, allow me
to underscore the importance of firearm safety
in both the USA and the UK, and that contrary
to some failures to comprehend, the reasons actually
are independent of Nation of Origin, passport,
gene pool number, etc, etc, etc. So when we plan
to have these moments, remember what Uncle Drieux would say:
	Don't Make ME stop this armoured column and come back there...

that having been said, let us return to the topic.

p1: the messy bit in all of this is the OP's initial
assertion
	"I am trying to initialize a dynamically-named array"

and provided an illustration that makes us all
jump into the slit trenches screaming
	PSYCHO ALERT!!!

And some of us because

        a. we did that to ourselves
        b. we had to UnDO that from someone else
at which point we arrive at the counter question:

        "WHY do I need to explain why I want to do this?
                There certainly isn't a good reason to do it with
                the test code I posted. If there's NEVER a good
                reason, what are the alternatives?"
And that drives us back to the basic problem,

	What exactly ARE you trying to solve here?

At one end of the issue is the question of getting
command line arguments IN,
        cf  perldoc GetOpt::Long
        # because sooner or later you will need the --WingDingDing
        # types of command line options
Then there is that other type of Issue with how
to do configuration files, and getting stuff in
from a config file
cf:
<http://www.wetware.com/drieux/PR/blog2/Code/200311.html#id3151675135>
as one of several problems.
then there are the possible issues with using anonymouse arrays,
hashes, subs, and the general issues of referencing and dereferencing..
So yeah, it would sorta help us help you with what Exactly IS one
really trying to do....
p3: and while we are wandering out the door,
try to remember boys and girls, that from
San Francisco and Hawai'i one has to go
to the wild wild east to find 'cowboys',
so let's Put the Six Guns away and get
back on the Big Bus....
ciao
drieux
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