is it?

Let's rule out the fact that this deals with symbolic references, strict tells us ...

use strict;
use warnings;

{   no strict "refs";
    my $site = "foo";
    my @{"platforms_$site"} = qw( foo bar );
    my %{"platforms_$site"} = map { $_ => 1 } @{"platforms_$site"};
    }

=>

Can't declare array dereference in "my" at xx.pl line 8, near "} ="
Execution of xx.pl aborted due to compilation errors.

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The difference is in the assignment part. You cannot use my there. When you drop those, you get:

use strict;
use warnings;

{   no strict "refs";
    my $site = "foo";
    @{"platforms_$site"} = qw( foo bar );
    %{"platforms_$site"} = map { $_ => 1 } @{"platforms_$site"};
    }

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Which is still bad coding style, but this works.


Enjoy, Have FUN! H.Merijn

In reply to Re^3: syntax for hashes with variable in name by Tux
in thread syntax for hashes with variable in name by equick

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