Hash keys must be strings, although Tie::RefHash uses magic to provide what looks to be a hash that accepts non-strings as keys.

I can get access to the arrays again if I access a specific value with a specific key

Yes and no.

This works: 

my $k = [qw( a b )];
$h{$k} = $v;
$v = $h{$k};

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This doesn't (except occasionally by fluke): 

$h{ [qw( a b )] } = $v;
$v = $h{ [qw( a b )] };

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You're using the address of the array as the key, so if you create a similar array at a different address, it won't be the same key.

In reply to Re: reference as hash keys and values by ikegami
in thread reference as hash keys and values by ChangeManagement

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