Look at that split() very carefully ... Here's a slightly modified working version of your code 
use Data::Dumper;

my @selector = ("field1", "field2", "field3", "field4");

my @RefHash;
while (<DATA>) {
  chomp;
  my @inLine = split /,/;

  my %content;
  @content{@selector} = @inLine;

  push @RefHash, \%content;
}

print Dumper \@RefHash;

__END__
foo,bar,baz,quux
one,two,three,four
ichi,ni,san,shi

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broquaint

update: uncaught exception ENOCAFFENE thrown

In reply to Re: Assignment of Arrays of Hashes by broquaint
in thread Assignment of Arrays of Hashes by Tanalis

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