Thats what I expect, but none of the examples show this behavior. the expected results from the first is for %h

{ 2 => 1,  b=> 'a' } or { 2 => 'c',  b=> 'a' }
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but the result is

{ a => 2, b => 2}
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even more unexpeted results from perl 5.8.4 where I get

{ '' => '2' }
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