Ok, I understand that this hasn't been implemented due to the believe that it's a dangerous feature (Programming Perl). But would it be ok to enable/disable it with a specific pragma?
Ilya > -----Original Message----- > From: Sterin, Ilya [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2002 4:00 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Using stringified address > > > Not sure if this has already been discussed, but I though > this would be a cool option, especially since I've ran into a > few cases where this would have been very usefull. > > Using a scalar (string) with an address to another variable > and be able to dereference it. This proves very usefull when > pasing dynamic strings with addresses embeded in them. I > don't believe this is available in current perl versions > without writing XS. Or should this just be left for a module > to handle. I thought this would be general enough to include > in the CORE. > > Ilya >
