Thanks for the <c> tip! I'll be sure to do that from now on.

This all makes sense and my exact example is even right there in the PerlDoc! Time to read up again or get better at Googling...

What is a valid use for autovivification outside of an assignment operation? I can certainly see the value of 
$ref->[0]{field} = "value";

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but I don't see how my first example can be very useful without an assignment.

In reply to Re^2: Why nothing from 'strict' or 'warnings' with deref'd undef value? by jeremym
in thread Why nothing from 'strict' or 'warnings' with deref'd undef value? by jeremym

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