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Re: [Omaha.pm] FW: FW: Class::Date - change once set



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