$ref1 eq $ref2 #### $ perl -E ' my @x = ({}, []); my $y = $x[0]; say for @x, $y; say $_->[0] eq $_->[1] ? "Y" : "N" for [@x], [$x[0], $y]; ' HASH(0x600003a70) ARRAY(0x600076050) HASH(0x600003a70) N Y