Re: Complex Data Structure Suggestions Wanted

[tlm]

You don't need the exists test; perl will autovivify to DWYM, so the first branch of your test actually works for both conditions. And if you want to use "indirect" (arrow?) notation, then:

push @{$HashRef->{$ItemID}}, $DataSource;

BTW, I could be all wrong on this, but I think that the term "indirect notation" is typically used to refer to stuff like

my $obj = new Thingie;

as opposed to

my $obj = Thingie->new();