note lachoy <p>Great summary. Personally, I find the following:</p> <code> @{$aRefs[0]} @{$aRefs{key}} @{getArrayRef()} %{$hRefs[0]} %{$hRefs{key}} %{getHashRef()} </code> <p><b>much</b> cleaner and easier to read than:</p> <code> @array @$aRef %hash %$hRef $array[0] $$aref[0] $hash{KEY} $$href{KEY} </code> <p>Maybe it's just me, but I've been using perl for 4+ years and I have never liked stringing the variable characters one after the other (<code>%$</code>). Particularly epxressions like the third and fourth line in the second group above.</p> <p>I've always thought that using the <code>@{ } %{ }</code> syntax more clearly and consistently evoked what I'm trying to say -- you can use it with variables, method calls/subroutines, etc. I'm interested if other folks feel differently -- it seems to be a matter of taste rather than an opportunity to define yet another One True Way :-) </p> <p>Chris<br> M-x auto-bs-mode</p> 69927 69927