Tie::RefHash(3)
Tie::RefHash - use references as hash keys
As shipped in IRIX 6.5. First release of IRIX 6.5.
NAME Tie::RefHash - use references as hash keys SYNOPSIS require 5.004; use Tie::RefHash; tie HASHVARIABLE, 'Tie::RefHash', LIST; untie HASHVARIABLE; DESCRIPTION This module provides the ability to use references as hash keys if you first tie the hash variable to this module. It is implemented using the standard perl TIEHASH interface. Please see the tie entry in perlfunc(1) and perltie(1) for more information. EXAMPLE use Tie::RefHash; tie %h, 'Tie::RefHash'; $a = []; $b = {}; $c = \*main; $d = \"gunk"; $e = sub { 'foo' }; %h = ($a => 1, $b => 2, $c => 3, $d => 4, $e => 5); $a->[0] = 'foo'; $b->{foo} = 'bar'; for (keys %h) { print ref($_), "\n"; } AUTHOR Gurusamy Sarathy gsar@umich.edu VERSION Version 1.2 15 Dec 1996 SEE ALSO perl(1), perlfunc(1), perltie(1)