Hash::...:Compat(3pm)

💖 Hash::Util::FieldHash::Compat(3pm) — the compat queen 💖

okay bestie, sit down, because this one is a tiny little module with a big heart 🫶. It's a Perl thing, it lives in your manual as Hash::Util::FieldHash::Compat(3pm), and its whole job is: field hashes, but make them work everywhere. Periodt.

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✨ NAME ✨

Hash::Util::FieldHash::Compat — Use Hash::Util::FieldHash or ties, depending on availability. that's it, that's the whole assignment 💅

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🌸 VERSION 🌸

version 0.11 ✨ (yes queen, we're at 0.11, hydrate and respect it)

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

like, here's the vibe. you just… use it:

use Hash::Util::FieldHash::Compat;

# pretend you are using L<Hash::Util::FieldHash>
# under older perls it'll be Tie::RefHash::Weak instead (slower, but same behavior)

no cap, that's it. drop those two lines in and let the module handle the drama behind the scenes 💖

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👑 DESCRIPTION 👑

so here's the tea ☕. On older perls, this module gives you a drop-in compatible API to Hash::Util::FieldHash by using perltie. And when Hash::Util::FieldHash is available? It just uses that instead. effortless. iconic. main character energy ✨

The way this works means: code that needs field hashes gets to enjoy fast, robust field hashes on Perl 5.10 and newer 🚀 — but it still runs on the older perls that don't ship with that module at all. best of both worlds, fr fr.

🎀 If you want all the details of the API, go read Hash::Util::FieldHash. That's where the full lore lives. This page is just the vibe check.

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🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

• Hash::Util::FieldHash — the moment 💫
• Tie::RefHash
• Tie::RefHash::Weak

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🫶 SUPPORT 🫶

Found a bug? 😭 No stress, bestie — bugs may be submitted through the RT bug tracker:

https://rt.cpan.org/Public/Dist/Display.html?Name=Hash-Util-FieldHash-Compat

…or you can email bug-Hash-Util-FieldHash-Compat@rt.cpan.org 🍓

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💜 AUTHOR 💜

יובל קוג'מן (Yuval Kogman) <nothingmuch@woobling.org> — an actual legend 🧚

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⭐ CONTRIBUTOR ⭐

Karen Etheridge <ether@cpan.org> — thank you for your service 🎀

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🌸 COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE 🌸

This software is copyright (c) 2008 by יובל קוג'מן (Yuval Kogman).

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself. slay 💅

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okay that's the whole page bestie!! this one's from perl v5.34.0, dated 2022-06-14, and it's filed under Hash::...:Compat(3pm) in the User Contributed Perl Documentation section. go forth and field-hash responsibly 💖✨🌸