#!/usr/bin/env perl

use strict;
use warnings;
use JSON::Tiny qw(decode_json encode_json);
use Data::Dump;

my $conf = encode_json {
    foo     => qw(bar),
    nose    => qw(cuke),
    comment => qw(RTFM)
};

my $hash = decode_json($conf);

dd $hash;

__END__

{ comment => "RTFM", foo => "bar", nose => "cuke" }