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foreach my $val (keys ${\( STUFF() ) } ){ ... }

Here, keys is iterating over a hash reference. Quoth the docs (from 5.14):
    Starting with Perl 5.14, "keys" can take a scalar EXPR, which
    must contain a reference to an unblessed hash or array. The
    argument will be dereferenced automatically. This aspect of
    "keys" is considered highly experimental. The exact behaviour
    may change in a future version of Perl.
And indeed, this feature was tried, found wanting, and finally cast into Outer Darkness with Perl version 5.24. (And similarly for values, each, push, pop and, I think, some others.) See also Postfix Dereference Syntax and circumfix dereference syntax, discussed therein.

c:\@Work\Perl\monks>perl -wMstrict -le "print qq{perl version: $] \n}; ;; use constant { STUFF => { 'bizz' => 'foe', 'bazz' => 'fie', 'bozz' => 'fee', }, }; print ${\( STUFF() ) }; print STUFF; ;; foreach my $val (keys ${\( STUFF() ) } ){ my $subroutine = ${\( STUFF() ) }->{ $val }; print qq{A: '$val' -> '$subroutine'}; } ;; for my $k (keys %{ STUFF() }) { my $value = STUFF->{$k}; print qq{B: '$k' -> '$value'}; } " perl version: 5.014004 HASH(0x4340ac) HASH(0x4340ac) A: 'bozz' -> 'fee' A: 'bazz' -> 'fie' A: 'bizz' -> 'foe' B: 'bozz' -> 'fee' B: 'bazz' -> 'fie' B: 'bizz' -> 'foe'
(The circumfix dereference syntax is more widely supported — and I can't give an example of postfix dereference syntax anyway!)


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