Because the first way sends scalar references into the passed hashref,
and the second sends scalar values into the passed hashref?
-----Original Message-----
On Oct 17, 2005, at 10:38 PM, Jay Hannah wrote:
> 20 bonus points to anyone who can tell me why I made this change:
< $res->set_address (
< address1 => $q->param('gst_addr1'),
< address2 => $q->param('gst_addr2'),
< address3 => $q->param('gst_addr3'),
< city => $q->param('gst_city'),
< state => $q->param('gst_state'),
< postal => $q->param('gst_zipcode'),
< country_code => $q->param('gst_country_code'));
---
> $res->set_address (
> address1 => scalar($q->param('gst_addr1')),
> address2 => scalar($q->param('gst_addr2')),
> address3 => scalar($q->param('gst_addr3')),
> city => scalar($q->param('gst_city')),
> state => scalar($q->param('gst_state')),
> postal => scalar($q->param('gst_zipcode')),
> country_code => scalar($q->param('gst_country_code')));