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Uh .. no.
tab@music4:~ $ perl -de 1 Loading DB routines from perl5db.pl version 1.51 Editor support available. Enter h or 'h h' for help, or 'man perldebug' for more help. main::(-e:1): 1 DB<1> %hash = (); DB<2> use Data::Dumper; DB<3> print Dumper(\%hash) $VAR1 = {}; DB<4> if ( exists $hash{nothing} ) { print "Wow.\n"; } DB<5> !3 print Dumper(\%hash) $VAR1 = {}; DB<6>
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For me, the whole point of using exists is to avoid doing autovivification.

But the example used a two level hash .. so I answered the wrong question. Ugh.

Alex / talexb / Toronto

Thanks PJ. We owe you so much. Groklaw -- RIP -- 2003 to 2013.

In reply to Re^2: How Do I End Up With a Larger Number of Hash Keys Here? by talexb
in thread RESOLVED - Autovivification: How Did I End Up With a Larger Number of Hash Keys Here? by perldigious

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