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in reply to Re^4: The Concept of References
in thread The Concept of References

Eh, not quite. The reference doesn't know. The difference is that in Perl, the thing the references points to, knows what it is. In Perl, SVs are typed.

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Re^6: The Concept of References
by adrianh (Chancellor) on Apr 15, 2005 at 16:04 UTC
    The difference is that in Perl, the thing the references points to, knows what it is. In Perl, SVs are typed.

    Point. I should have been more precise.