use constant FOOBAR => "a" x 3; #### BEGIN { my $x = "a" x 3; *::FOOBAR = sub () { $x } } #### $ perl -MO=Concise,BEGIN,-main -e'use constant FOOBAR => "a" x 3; print FOOBAR' | grep -C 3 '"a' 14 <$> const[PV "constant"] sM ->15 15 <$> const[PV "FOOBAR"] sM/BARE ->16 18 <2> repeat[t1] sKM/2 ->19 # <--- 16 <$> const[PV "a"] s ->17 # <--- 17 <$> const[IV 3] s ->18 # <--- 19 <$> method_named[PV "import"] ->1a BEGIN 5: -e syntax OK -- 4i <;> nextstate(main 102 -e:1) v:{ ->4j 4l <@> print vK ->4m 4j <0> pushmark s ->4k 4k <$> const[PV "aaa"] s ->4l #### $ perl -MO=Concise -e'use constant FOOBAR => scalar ; print FOOBAR' abc 6 <@> leave[1 ref] vKP/REFC ->(end) 1 <0> enter ->2 2 <;> nextstate(main 102 -e:1) v:{ ->3 5 <@> print vK ->6 3 <0> pushmark s ->4 4 <$> const[PV "abc\n"] s ->5 # <---