$| = 1; use threads; use threads::shared; use Devel::Pointer; use Data::Dumper; $Data::Dumper::Sortkeys; my $Addr :shared; my $Deep = {OK=>1}; $Addr = address_of $Deep; sub A { while ( 1 ) { my $Data = deref $Addr; $Data->{A}++; print "Dumper in A tells:"; print Dumper $Data; print "B is now '$Data->{B}'"; # nothing! $Data->{B} = "Overide by A"; # The output suprised me! print $/; sleep 2; } } sub B { sleep 1; while ( 1 ) { my $Data = deref $Addr; $Data->{B}++; print "Dumper in B tells:"; print Dumper $Data; print "A is now '$Data->{A}'"; print $/; sleep 2; } } my $A = threads -> create ( 'A' ) ; my $B = threads -> create ( 'B' ); $A->detach; $B->detach; while ( 1 ) { $Addr = address_of $Deep ; sleep 1 } __END__ Surprising Output: Dumper in A tells:$VAR1 = { 'A' => 1, 'OK' => 1 }; B is now '' ## Nothing! Dumper in B tells:$VAR1 = { 'A' => 1, 'B' => 1, 'B' => 'Overide by A', ## POSSIBLE?! Same key in Hash?! 'OK' => 1 }; A is now '' ## Nothing too! Dumper in A tells:$VAR1 = { 'A' => 2, 'B' => 1, 'B' => 'Overide by A', 'OK' => 1 }; ...