Try this: 

  my %hash = ( key => 'value');
  my $k_ref = \$hash{key} ;
  *{'main::val'} = $k_ref ; ## To avoid $$k_ref
  
  print "val: <$val>\n" ;
  print "key: <$hash{key}>\n" ;
  {
    local( $val )= 'test' ;
    print "val: <$val>\n" ;
    print "key: <$hash{key}>\n" ;
  }

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and note that it produces 
val: <value>
key: <value>
val: <test>
key: <value>

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and you might see the light.

foreach does an implicit local which does a rough equivalent of 

    my $saved= *main::val{SCALAR};
    *main::val= do { my $new; \$new };
    ...
    *main::val= $saved;

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That is, it copies off and saves the reference to the variable rather than the value contained in the variable.

                - tye

In reply to Re: Foreach & scalar ref: break of way that it is suposed to work! (local) by tye
in thread Foreach & scalar ref: break of way that it is suposed to work! by gmpassos

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