>perl -wMstrict -le "my %hash = ('a' => 1, 'b' => 2, {} => 4); print qq{key '$_' -> value '$hash{$_}'} for keys %hash; my $hashref = \%hash; print qq{hashref is '$hashref'}; my $objectref = bless $hashref; print qq{objectref is '$objectref'}; " key 'a' -> value '1' key 'b' -> value '2' key 'HASH(0x56c19c)' -> value '4' hashref is 'HASH(0x431d5c)' objectref is 'main=HASH(0x431d5c)'