- Original Message -
From: "drieux" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> the variables on the left are 'softish references' to other things
.. . .
> not a reference but the thing in itself...
> what I think you are calling 'hard reference'().
I believe 'soft references' in perl refers to the pra
On Thursday, May 23, 2002, at 11:34 , HENRY,MARK (HP-Roseville,ex1) wrote:
[..]
>
> If a scalar variable basically contains a hard reference to a thingy, then
> aren't they one and the same for the most part?
we presume you have peeked at
perldoc perlref
cf also
perldoc -f ref
On Thu, 2002-05-23 at 14:34, HENRY,MARK (HP-Roseville,ex1) wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> Wondering if someone could briefly constrast/compare a hard reference & a
> variable?
>
> If a scalar variable basically contains a hard reference to a thingy, then
> aren't they one and the same for the most part?
>
