in reply to Re: How to process named parameters that have the same key name?
in thread How to process named parameters that have the same key name?

$VAR1 = {
          'insect' => [
                        'ant',
                        'spider'
                      ],
          'animal' => 'monkey',
          'fish' => 'tuna'
        };

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If duplication is allowed, then it would be better to construct HoA, where values are always arrays to simplify further walking through such structure. 
$VAR1 = {
          'insect' => [
                        'ant',
                        'spider'
                      ],
          'animal' => ['monkey'],
          'fish' => ['tuna']
        };

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