Re^2: mystery function & Odd number of elements in anonymous hash

[Anonymous Monk]

you especially want to be sure that the resulting data structure does not depend on precisely what the function does return

You're certainly correct, and I will eventually expand that with error checking. Right now, it is a priority for me to create code that works, a prototype. I will revisit it and make it robust later.

And to JavaFan: No reason other than to save a few characters.