Re: Hash::Util::lock_keys inhibits bless

Message-ID: <m3bs6astr2.fsf@k242.linux.bogus>

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@17992

1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/lib/Hash/Util.pm b/lib/Hash/Util.pm
index 0c8979d61b..90a8e5aaa5 100644
--- a/lib/Hash/Util.pm
+++ b/lib/Hash/Util.pm
@@ -59,10 +59,11 @@ This is intended to largely replace the deprecated pseudo-hashes.
 
 Restricts the given %hash's set of keys to @keys.  If @keys is not
 given it restricts it to its current keyset.  No more keys can be
-added.  delete() and exists() will still work, but it does not effect
-the set of allowed keys. B<Note>: the current implementation does not
-allow you to bless() the resulting hash, so if you want to use
-lock_keys() for an object, you need to bless it prior to locking it.
+added. delete() and exists() will still work, but will not alter
+the set of allowed keys. B<Note>: the current implementation prevents
+the hash from being bless()ed while it is in a locked state. Any attempt
+to do so will raise an exception. Of course you can still bless()
+the hash before you call lock_keys() so this shouldn't be a problem.
 
   unlock_keys(%hash);