X-Git-Url: http://git.shiar.nl/perl/plp/.git/blobdiff_plain/7509565253b19493771cfc2e13ab166f1a8cc5f8..a5521fb1820cc67ab3d7c0fe728ef36b0b379a3f:/PLP/Tie/Delay.pm

diff --git a/PLP/Tie/Delay.pm b/PLP/Tie/Delay.pm
index ea136b8..bf7a7a7 100644
--- a/PLP/Tie/Delay.pm
+++ b/PLP/Tie/Delay.pm
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-#--------------------------#
-  package PLP::Tie::Delay;
-#--------------------------#
+package PLP::Tie::Delay;
+
 use strict;
 no strict 'refs';
 
@@ -16,60 +15,67 @@ This module is part of the PLP internals and probably not of any use to others.
 =cut
 
 sub _replace {
-    my ($self) = @_;
-    untie %{ $self->[0] };
-    %{ $self->[0] } = %{ $self->[1]->() };
+	my ($self) = @_;
+	untie %{ $self->[0] };
+
+	# I'd like to use *{ $self->[0] } = $self->[1]->(); here,
+	# but that causes all sorts of problems. The hash is accessible from
+	# within this sub, but not where its creation was triggered.
+	# Immediately after the triggering statement, the hash becomes available
+	# to all: even the scope where the previous access attempt failed.
+	
+	%{ $self->[0] } = %{ $self->[1]->() }
 }
 
 sub TIEHASH {
-    my ($class, $hash, $source) = @_;
-    return bless [ $hash, $source ], $class;
+	# my ($class, $hash, $source) = @_;
+	return bless [ @_[1, 2] ], $_[0];
 }
 
 sub FETCH {
-    my ($self, $key) = @_;
-    $self->_replace;
-    return ${ $self->[0] }{$key};
+	my ($self, $key) = @_;
+	$self->_replace;
+	return $self->[0]->{$key};
 }
 
 sub STORE {
-    my ($self, $key, $value) = @_;
-    $self->_replace;
-    return ${ $self->[0] }{$key} = $value;
+	my ($self, $key, $value) = @_;
+	$self->_replace;
+	return $self->[0]->{$key} = $value;
 }
 
 sub DELETE {
-    my ($self, $key) = @_;
-    $self->_replace;
-    return delete ${ $self->[0] }{$key};
+	my ($self, $key) = @_;
+	$self->_replace;
+	return delete $self->[0]->{$key};
 }
 
 sub CLEAR {
-    my ($self) = @_;
-    $self->_replace;
-    return %{ $self->[0] };
+	my ($self) = @_;
+	$self->_replace;
+	return %{ $self->[0] };
 }
 
 sub EXISTS {
-    my ($self, $key) = @_;
-    $self->_replace;
-    return exists ${ $self->[0] }{$key};
+	my ($self, $key) = @_;
+	$self->_replace;
+	return exists $self->[0]->{$key};
 }
 
 sub FIRSTKEY {
-    my ($self) = @_;
-    $self->_replace;
-    return 'PLPdummy';
+	my ($self) = @_;
+	$self->_replace;
+	return 'PLPdummy';
 }
 
 sub NEXTKEY {
-    my ($self) = @_;
-    # Let's hope this never happens. (It's shouldn't.)
-    return undef;
+	# Let's hope this never happens. (It's shouldn't.)
+	return undef;
 }
 
 sub UNTIE   { }
-sub DESTORY { } 
+
+sub DESTROY { } 
 
 1;