23:10 >perl -Mstrict -wE "my @c = ('a' .. 'e'); my $q = \@c; my $r = \(@c); say $q, ' --> ', @$q, qq[\n], $r, ' --> ', $$r;" ARRAY(0x18a5654) --> abcde SCALAR(0x4bc344) --> e #### 1:46 >perl -Mstrict -wE "my $q = \my @c; @c = ('f' .. 'h'); say $q, ' --> ', @$q;" ARRAY(0x177554c) --> fgh 1:46 >perl -Mstrict -wE "my $q = \my(@c); @c = ('f' .. 'h'); say $q, ' --> ', $$q;" Use of uninitialized value in say at -e line 1. SCALAR(0x1d20f6c) --> 1:46 > #### (a) \my %hash --> (b) \my(%hash) but (b) \my(%hash) --> (c) \(my(%hash)) #### 1:11 >perl -wE "warn undef;" Use of uninitialized value in warn at -e line 1. Warning: something's wrong at -e line 1. 1:12 >perl -wE "warn \undef;" SCALAR(0x1d20f6c) at -e line 1. 1:12 >