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In Perl -> is the dereference operator, similar to C. So when you see $a->[2]{"bar"} then $a is an array reference where each item is a hashmap. But with

by odc 1y ago

In Perl -> is the dereference operator, similar to C. So when you see $a->[2]{"bar"} then $a is an array reference where each item is a hashmap. But with $a->[2]->{"bar"} then $a is an array reference where each item is a reference to a hashmap.

zaucker 1y ago
$a->[2]->{"bar"} is the same as $a->[2]{"bar"} or as $a->[2]{bar}