Re: length of hash name

2003-01-09 Thread Jenda Krynicky
From: "Rob Dixon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Unless there is a fixed limit, which I don't think there is, I imagine > identifiers are held inside Perl as a C string, which is > null-terminated and therefore of any length supportable by the > hardware. I doubt if it will cause you problems. No they are

Re: length of hash name

2003-01-09 Thread Rob Dixon
Hi Dan Guessing: Unless there is a fixed limit, which I don't think there is, I imagine identifiers are held inside Perl as a C string, which is null-terminated and therefore of any length supportable by the hardware. I doubt if it will cause you problems. Is this of real concern to you? Are you

length of hash name

2003-01-08 Thread Dan Muey
Anybody happen to know off the top of their head what the max length of characters is that a hash's name can be? EG :: %123456789 = (); is a nine charcter name %joe_mama_said_to_tell_you_hi = (); is a 28 character name etc.. Thanks Dan