c:\perl\perl>perl -de 0 Loading DB routines from perl5db.pl version 1.19 Editor support available. Enter h or `h h' for help, or `perldoc perldebug' for more help. main::(-e:1): 0 DB<1> use strict DB<2> use warnings DB<3> our %hash = { 'key1' => 'val1', 'key2' => 'val2' }; DB<4> x \%hash 0 HASH(0x1cbd91c) 'HASH(0x1ca1f4c)' => undef #### DB<5> %hash = ( 'key1' => 'val1', 'key2' => 'val2' ); DB<6> x \%hash 0 HASH(0x1cbd91c) 'key1' => 'val1' 'key2' => 'val2' DB<7> #### print {"key"=>"value"}, "\n";