From: "Balázs Szabó (dLux)" [mailto:dlux@dlux.hu]
use Class::Date qw(date); $a = date "2000-11-11"; $b = date "1970-10-21"; print "a: $a, b: $b\n"; swap1($a, $b); print "a: $a, b: $b\n"; sub swap1 { $x = $_[0]; $_[0] = $_[1]; $_[1] = $x; }
Ahhh, yes. I misread your email the first time. To make sure I know what's happening let me walk through it...
sub swap1 {
$a is obj in year 2000. $b is obj in year 1970. $_[0] is a ref to $a. $_[1] is a ref to $b.
$x = $_[0];
$x is created, a new obj in year 2000. (via clone() inside Class::Date)
$_[0] = $_[1];
$a obj is destroyed. A new $a is created, year 1970. (via clone() inside Class::Date)
$_[1] = $x; }
$b obj is destroyed. A new $b is created, year 2000. (via clone() inside Class::Date)
Is that right? Thanks, j