Re: Difference in Hash Declaration

[anazawa]

Parenthesis () creates LIST:

( 1 => 'j', 2 => 'b' )

To create a hash, we substitute the LIST for %h:

my %h = ( 1 => 'j', 2 => 'b' );

Incidentally, LIST is different from ARRAY. To create an array, we substitute LIST for @a:

my @a = ( 1 => 'j', 2 => 'b' );