You need to have a really good reason for doing this.

no strict refs;
@{"sum$var"}=(1,2,3);
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Much much much better is to use a hash or array. Since the indexing will be numeric an array is ideal.

my @sums;
$sums[1]=[1,2,3];
print @{$sums[1]};
push @{$sums[1]},"foo";
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Yves / DeMerphq
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Writing a good benchmark isnt as easy as it might look.