c:\@Work\Perl\monks>perl -wMstrict -MData::Dump -le "use constant { ONE => 1, FOUR => 4 }; use constant AREF => [ ONE .. FOUR ]; dd AREF; ;; AREF->[3] = 99; dd AREF; ;; AREF->[9] = 999; dd AREF; ;; $#{ +AREF } = -1; dd AREF; " [1, 2, 3, 4] [1, 2, 3, 99] [1, 2, 3, 99, undef, undef, undef, undef, undef, 999] []