Re: Peculiar hash behavior

For the $h1{(@h)} expression, note that an @array evaluated in scalar context yields the number of elements in the array. In the $h1{(@h)} expression, the @h array of three elements (used as a key/string) is evaluated in scalar context (update: so 3 → "3").

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Re^2: Peculiar hash behavior by dd-b (Monk) on Oct 05, 2021 at 02:35 UTC
Yes, of course it does. Sigh. Bad luck for me that my test data started with '3', so it was easy to not realize that well-known thing was happening.	[reply]


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