Re: Declare and slice-initialize hash in one statement?

[davido]

Your map solution is as close as you'll come, but you're right, if all you want to do is initialize a slice it's too longwinded.

You cannot declare a hash, and initialize a slice at the same time. Just do it this way:

my %hash;
@hash{ list of keys } = ( list of values );

...where list of keys and list of values are obviously left up to you to fill in the blanks. BTW: Don't do the "no strict" method. Here's why. That version results in %hash being created as a package global, instead of as a lexical, and there is a big difference.

[Perl Mouse]

Note that the creation of the package hash isn't due to the absense of 'use strict', but the absense of a 'my' keyword.

    use strict;
    @::hash{@keys} = @values;

creates a package hash as well.