package main; our %test = ( a => 1 ); print('SCALAR: ', ( *{ $::{'main::'}{'test'} }{SCALAR} )?1:0, "\n"); print('ARRAY: ', ( *{ $::{'main::'}{'test'} }{ARRAY } )?1:0, "\n"); print('HASH: ', ( *{ $::{'main::'}{'test'} }{HASH } )?1:0, "\n"); ${ *{ $::{'main::'}{'test'} }{SCALAR} } = 'scalar'; print("$test\n"); __END__ SCALAR: 1 ARRAY: 0 HASH: 1 scalar