This is the README file for Tie::Hash::Array, Tie::Hash::Abbrev and Tie::Hash::Abbrev::Smart, by Martin H. Sluka . Tie::Hash::Array gives you hashes which are internally stored as sorted arrays, therefore you will retrieve its contents in a defined order and can use objects as keys if you like. Tie::Hash::Abbrev is a subclass of Tie::Hash::Array, and allows you to access the contents of tied hashes using unambiguously abbreviated keys. Tie::Hash::Abbrev::Smart, which sub-classes Tie::Hash::Abbrev. Here an abbreviation is still considered unambiguous even if more than one matching key exists, as long as all the corresponding values are equal (that is, they are either all undefined or have identical string representations). INSTALLATION This package uses the standard perl module install process: perl Makefile.PL make make test make install SUPPORT AND DOCUMENTATION After installing, you can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command. perldoc Tie::Hash::Array You can also look for information at: RT, CPAN's request tracker http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=Tie-Hash-Array AnnoCPAN, Annotated CPAN documentation http://annocpan.org/dist/Tie-Hash-Array CPAN Ratings http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/Tie-Hash-Array Search CPAN http://search.cpan.org/dist/Tie-Hash-Array COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE Copyright 2002-2008 by Martin H. Sluka . All rights reserved. You can redistribute and/or modify this bundle under the same terms as Perl itself. See .