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I believe credit is due to merlyn for this one: 
@$_{@keys} = @values for \my %hash;

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Re^2: Declare and slice-initialize hash in one statement?
by chester (Hermit) on Oct 27, 2005 at 17:25 UTC
    I never would've thought of that. Very nice. (Now I need to forget I ever saw it, lest I'm tempted to use it someday.)
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