> > @r = @r , 'd';
>
> Okay, that makes sense. So the circular reference I thought I
> was seeing is really there, and it's working as designed.
>
> There isn't anything very useful in this behavior though, is there?
Yes.
Here are some relevant results from a search for "self referential" in
the
> > "Perhaps more importantly, what improvement do you propose?"
Apologies for top-posting, but what immediately comes to my mind upon
encountering the creation of a self-referential (circular/infinite)
object is proverbially 'going-down-a-level' and trying again. So I
tried 1. 'decontainerizing'
