%hash = (name => foo,
         list => (1, 2, 3));
@array = $hash{list};
foreach(@array){print "$_\n";}

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Perl seems to ignore the inner parens, 1 is printed and $hash{'2'} is assigned to 3. I'm trying to get a list inside a hash without requiring any extra variables. Is this possible? I tried 
%hash = (name => foo,
         list => \(1, 2, 3));
$ref = $hash{list}
@array = @$ref;
foreach(@array) { print }

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but Perl dies on "Not an ARRAY reference". So, is there any way to put a nameless array inside a hash element without any extra variables? Any help is appreciated.

In reply to Array inside hashes by Anonymous Monk

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