On May 23, Paul said:
>{ local @ary = $hash_name->{arrayref}; # @ary now the array
> print $ary[4]; # access is "normal"
>} # aliasing ends with scope
Err, I think you mean
local *ary = $hash_name->{arrayref};
That will make @ary an alias to the array in @{ $hash_name->{arrayref} }.
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