$ perl -MTest::More -dE 0 [...] DB<1> $a = { qw/a 1 b 2/ } DB<2> $b = { qw/a 1 b 2/ } DB<3> x $a 0 HASH(0x7f9140905ad0) 'a' => 1 'b' => 2 DB<4> x $b 0 HASH(0x7f914090b698) 'a' => 1 'b' => 2 DB<5> x $a == $b 0 '' DB<6> x is_deeply( $a, $b ) ok 1 0 1 DB<7> x is_deeply( $a, {} ) not ok 2 # Failed test at /Users/nbkawb9/perl5/lib/perl5/Test/Builder.pm line 152. # Structures begin differing at: # $got->{a} = '1' # $expected->{a} = Does not exist 0 0 DB<8> q