DB<76> sub change { $_[0] = 666 } DB<77> $a=42 DB<78> change($a) DB<79> p $a 666 DB<80> change(42) Modification of a read-only value attempted at (eval 86)[c:/Perl_524/lib/perl5db.pl:737] line 2. DB<81> #### DB<81> sub change_arr { $_[0] = [666] } DB<82> $a=[42] DB<83> change_arr($a) DB<84> x $a 0 ARRAY(0x3363180) 0 666 DB<85> change_arr([42]) #NO ERROR??? DB<86>