Assigning anonymous hash to a list

[Peter Flanigan]

On 30/07/13 19:54, gvim wrote:
> Can anyone explain why this works:
> 
> my $ref = {a => 1,  b => 2, c => 3};
> say $ref->{b};     #  Result: 2
> 
> ... but this doesn't :
> 
> my ($str, $ref) = 'text', {a => 1, b => 2, c => 3};
> say $ref->{b};   # Result: Use of uninitialized value
> 
> Seems a little inconsistent.
> 
> gvim
> 
> 

Try

   my ($str, $ref) = ( 'text', {a => 1, b => 2, c => 3} );

The extra set of brackets force evaluation in a list context

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