Subj : ANNOUNCE: Tie::RangeHash v0.42 released
To   : All
From : Robert Rothenburg
Date : Wed Jan 17 2001 03:07 pm

From: Robert Rothenburg <wlkngowl@unix.asb.com>


NAME
    Tie::RangeHash - Implements "range hashes" in Perl

REQUIREMENTS
    `Tie::RangeHash' is written for and tested on Perl 5.6.0.

    It uses only standard modules.

    The test suite will use `Time::HiRes' if it is available.

  Installation

    Installation is pretty standard:

      perl Makefile.PL
      make
      make test
      make install

HISTORY

    Changes since Tie::RangeHash v0.41

    0.42 17 Jan 2001
        - modified test suite to compare adding sequential nodes with
          randomly shuffled nodes in timings
        - changed 'die' to 'croak' in TIEHASH method
        - changed internal object from hash to array
        - other optimizations
        - fixed typos in comments and POD
        - renamed some fields/variables for clarity
        - added TYPE_USER comparison type for consistency

SYNOPSIS
      use Tie::RangeHash;

      tie %hash, 'Tie::RangeHash';

      $hash{'A,C'} = 1;
      $hash{'D,F'} = 2;
      $hash{'G,K'} = 3;

      $hash{'E'};           # returns '2'
      $hash{'BB'};          # returns '1'

      $hash{'KL'};          # returns nothing ('undef')

DESCRIPTION
    This module allows hashes to associate a value with a *range* of
keys
    rather than a single key.

    More detailed descriptions are available in the documentation and
    README.

AVAILABILITY

  It should show up soon at a CPAN mirror near you in as:

    $CPAN/authors/id/R/RR/RRWO/Tie-RangeHash-0.42.tar.gz

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