in reply to Re^3: non-scalar hash key
in thread non-scalar hash key

Here's what the current hash looks like (fragment). The 's' value points to a hash of locations.
$VAR1 = { '0 0 20 0 13 0 0 0 5' => { 's' => { '0,7' => 1 } }, '0 0 18 1 0' => { 's' => { '0,6' => 1 } }, '2 0 8 0 0 0 2' => { 's' => { '0,4' => 1 } }, '0 42314 18 1 0' => { 's' => { '0,6' => 1 } }, ...