$ cat /tmp/t.pl #! /usr/bin/perl # vim:ts=4 sw=4 sts=4 et nu fdc=3: use strict; use warnings; use Data::Dumper; my $back->{iglu} = 0; print Dumper( $back ); printf "v%vd\n", $^V; __END__ $ perl /tmp/t.pl $VAR1 = { 'iglu' => 0 }; v5.12.2 $ /opt/perl/bin/perl /tmp/t.pl $VAR1 = { 'iglu' => 0 }; v5.10.1 $