sub _ss { my ($self, %arg) = @_; print Dumper(\%arg); } #### sub _ss { my ($self, $hashref) = @_; print Dumper($hashref); # do stuff with $hashref } #### sub _ss { my ($self, $hashref) = @_; my %hash = %$hashref; print Dumper(\%hash); # do stuff with %hash }