#!/usr/bin/env perl use strict; use warnings; use Data::Alias; use Data::Dumper; my $false = !! 0; my $true = !! 1; my (@foo, @bar); alias $foo[0] = $false; alias $bar[0] = $false; alias $foo[1] = $true; alias $bar[1] = $true; print Dumper \@foo, \@bar;