I've just found any string may be used as reference! Is anybody know where this behaviour explained in documentation? Or this is a bug? This code: 
$qqq = undef();
$www = undef();
$qqq->{qwe} = 123;
printf "'%s'  '%s'  '%s'  '%s'\n",
    $qqq, $www, $qqq->{qwe}, $www->{qwe};

$eee = '';
$rrr = '';
$eee->{asd} = 456;
printf "'%s'  '%s'  '%s'  '%s'\n",
    $eee, $rrr, $eee->{asd}, $rrr->{asd};

$ttt = 'Test';
$yyy = 'Test';
$ttt->{zxc} = 789;
printf "'%s'  '%s'  '%s'  '%s'\n",
    $ttt, $yyy, $ttt->{zxc}, $yyy->{zxc};

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output: 
'HASH(0x81551c8)'  'HASH(0x81552d0)'  '123'  ''
''  ''  '456'  '456'
'Test'  'Test'  '789'  '789'

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In reply to string as ref ?!?! by powerman

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