foreach $option ($options){

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foreach $option (@$options){

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my @array     = qw( a b );
my $scalar    = 'xyz';
my $reference = \@array;

for (@array     ) { print("$_\n"); }  print("\n");
for ($scalar    ) { print("$_\n"); }  print("\n");
for ($reference ) { print("$_\n"); }  print("\n");
for (@$reference) { print("$_\n"); }  print("\n");

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a
b

xyz

ARRAY(0x226b04)   # A ref is just a scalar

a
b