> Error message is not quite clear

$ echo "Can't modify reference constructor in lvalue subroutine return
+"|splain
Can't modify reference constructor in lvalue subroutine return (#1)
    (F) You aren't allowed to assign to the item indicated, or otherwi
+se try
    to change it, such as with an auto-increment.

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I suppose your tie is loading too much magic onto $dummy ... but this would be a runtime error not compilation like you indicated(?)

Please try to give a concise sample reproducing your problem, I'm not motivated to dig into your module to do the binary debugging search for you. ;-)

... and please name concrete Perl version numbers failing.

Cheers Rolf

PS: Je suis Charlie!

In reply to Re: lvalues in perl prior to 5.16.3 throws "Can't modify reference constructor in lvalue subroutine return" by LanX
in thread lvalues in perl prior to 5.16.3 throws "Can't modify reference constructor in lvalue subroutine return" by hurricup

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