Re^2: hash refferences

[leonidlm]

But whats the difference between the following:
1. Declaration of the %temp inside the loop
2. Performing: undef %temp at the end of each iteration
Someone ?

[Corion]

They are completely different. undef %temp empties the variable but still keeps the variable there, while a lexical variable goes out of scope. The undef %temp acts on the values, while leaving the scope acts on the binding of the name to the value.

[moritz]

What Corion said is right.

%temp is actually a container - think of a bucket. You can fill this container (putting water into the bucket), and empty it, which is what %temp = undef does.

Or you can but your bucket into the cupboard, (pushing it to an array), and take a new bucket (declaring %temp inside the loop).

In this real-world analogy you can see that there's a huge difference between these two things.

[Anonymous Monk]

which is what %temp = undef does. No, thats what undef %temp does, big difference