7.14 Perl 5.8.3
Now we come to the current version of Perl. The SCALAR() method was introduced for tied hashes used in a scalar context, and a program called prove was added, allowing the running of specific tests at several levels of granularity.
7.14.1 Upgrading to Perl 5.8.3
If you've actually got a use for putting a tied hash in a scalar context, you can now do so in a meaningful way.
The extent of what is possible by using all the modules that were integrated from CPAN in versions 5.8.0 and 5.8.1 in particular is too great to go over here. For that, I need the next chapter.
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