naming arrays dynamically

[user2base]

I am using Parallel::ForkManager to fork a subroutine used in a perl script. This subroutine uses an array (called @array).

My script get confused because (I reckon) of the name of the array is shared by all forked children.
So that, the content of @array might not be the one I expect to be.

So I need to find a way to name this array dynamically so that it has a different name each time the subroutine is forked. I was thinking of using the value of the argument ($arg) passed to the subroutine (which is unique among all the fork processess)

How do I construct the name of my array ?

I tried something like: @(array.$arg) but it doesn't work...

Any idea ?

Thx,
U.

 

[fishiface]

what you re trying to do is a soft reference, documented in

http://www.perldoc.com/perl5.6/pod/perlref.html.

Try @{ "array.$arg" }

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