DB<1> $a = { qw/ foo bar/ } DB<2> $b = { qw/baz quux/ } DB<3> x +{ %$a, %$b } 0 HASH(0x7ff1242138f0) 'baz' => 'quux' 'foo' => 'bar' DB<4> x push @{ $b }, $a Not an ARRAY reference at (eval 17)[/System/Library/Perl/5.18/perl5db.pl:732] line 2.