Consider:

use strict;
use warnings;
require Data::Dumper;

my $foo = {  # blessed
  one => 1,
  two => 2,
  six => 6,
};
bless $foo, q{Number::3ch};

my $bar = {  # not blessed
  one => 1,
  two => 2,
  six => 6,
};

sub foo {    # pass by ref
  my $ref = shift;
  $ref->{one} = q{One};
  $ref = {}; # why won't this replace the underlying hash?
  return $ref;
}

# try on blessed reference
print Data::Dumper::Dumper($foo);
foo $foo;
print Data::Dumper::Dumper($foo);

# try on unblessed reference
print Data::Dumper::Dumper($bar);
foo $bar;
print Data::Dumper::Dumper($bar);
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I was expecting the underlying anonymous hashes to be replaced, but they are not.

Results:

$VAR1 = bless( {
                 'six' => 6,
                 'two' => 2,
                 'one' => 1
               }, 'Number::3ch' );
$VAR1 = bless( {
                 'six' => 6,
                 'two' => 2,
                 'one' => 'One'
               }, 'Number::3ch' );
$VAR1 = {
          'six' => 6,
          'one' => 1,
          'two' => 2
        };
$VAR1 = {
          'six' => 6,
          'one' => 'One',
          'two' => 2
        };
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Questions:

1. How do I make this DWIM?
2. Why is this not DWIM?

thanks!

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