bruce:1:~/tmp $ cat p.pl #!/usr/bin/env perl use strict; use warnings; use Readonly; my @EXPORTs = qw(DBG_ONE DBG_TWO DBG_FOUR) ; Readonly my $DBG_ONE => 1; Readonly my $DBG_TWO => 2; Readonly my $DBG_FOUR => 4; no strict 'refs'; foreach my $flag (@EXPORTs) { printf "flag = %s, value = 0x%04x\n", $flag, ${$flag}; } bruce:1:~/tmp $ ./p.pl Use of uninitialized value in printf at ./p.pl line 15. flag = DBG_ONE, value = 0x0000 Use of uninitialized value in printf at ./p.pl line 15. flag = DBG_TWO, value = 0x0000 Use of uninitialized value in printf at ./p.pl line 15. flag = DBG_FOUR, value = 0x0000 #### #!/usr/bin/env perl use strict; use warnings; use Readonly; my @EXPORTs = qw(DBG_ONE DBG_TWO DBG_FOUR) ; Readonly our $DBG_ONE => 1; Readonly our $DBG_TWO => 2; Readonly our $DBG_FOUR => 4; no strict 'refs'; foreach my $flag (@EXPORTs) { printf "flag = %s, value = 0x%04x\n", $flag, ${$flag}; } bruce:1:~/tmp $ ./p.pl flag = DBG_ONE, value = 0x0001 flag = DBG_TWO, value = 0x0002 flag = DBG_FOUR, value = 0x0004