Re: Hash::Util::lock_keys inhibits bless

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p4raw-id: //depot/perl@17961

diff --git a/lib/Hash/Util.pm b/lib/Hash/Util.pm
index d5e0a16..0c8979d 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/Hash/Util.pm
+++ b/lib/Hash/Util.pm
@@ -60,7 +60,9 @@ 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.
+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.
 
   unlock_keys(%hash);