[ 7:53:35.32] P:\test>perl -l my $globref = \do { local *GLOB }; print $globref; ## Assign to the SCALAR slot in the glob referenced by $globref ${ *$globref } = 123456789; print $globref; ## Still a GLOB print ${ *$globref }; ## Contains our value ## This is where the trouble comes in. *$globref = sub{ print 'test' }; print ${ *$globref }, $/, &{ *$globref }; ^Z GLOB(0x224fc8) GLOB(0x224fc8) 123456789 Not a GLOB reference at - line 13.