#!perl use strict; use warnings; our $VERSION = 0; use Tie::Sub; my %data_hash = ( a => 'x', b => 'y', c => 'z', ); tie my %default_hash, 'Tie::Sub', sub { ## no critic (Ties) my $key = shift; exists $data_hash{$key} and return $data_hash{$key}; return 'default'; }; () = print <<"EOT"; $default_hash{a} $default_hash{b} $default_hash{c} $default_hash{d} EOT # returns: # x # y # z # default # $Id$