[Omaha.pm] Debugger (or Carp?): How can I detect the creation of a key in a hash object?

[Andy Lester]

> That specific key should never be set. My program is correctly puking
> because it exists. For the life of me, though, I can't find where that
> key is springing into existence.

Perhaps set

   $SIG{__DIE__} = \&Carp::confess;

and then sprinkle

   die if $hash{badkey};

throughout your code.  It won't find it exactly, but you can narrow  
it down.

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