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On Sun, 6 Aug 2000 04:54:03 +1000 (EST), Damian Conway wrote (in part):
Damian> I've proposed that the want() function will be able to
Damian> distinguish a HASHREF context (there the return value is
Damian> used as a hash reference).
Damian> $subname = caller(0)->{subname}; # hashref context
Don't forget Larry's propsed syntax (which is related to the possibility
of getting rid of typeglobs):
\%myhash = \%yourhash;
which would seem to lead to
\%hashname = call(); # hashref context
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