Well, actually the following does create a hash:

my %hash;
@hash{ qw/ one two three / } = ( 1..3 );
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And if you don't care about strictures, the  my %hash; part can even be eliminated.

The problem comes when trying to pluck one of its values while defining it, like this:

$someval = ${@hash{ qw/ one two three / } = ( 1..3 )}{two};
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And it only gets worse if you try to make it anonymous by removing the name "hash".

Dave

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