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in reply to how to store an array to a pseudohash?

Others have explained how to store an array in a hash. It might also be worth mentioning that your code is equivalent to:
my $slice = { kind => $kind, prop => $prop, item => 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 };
Which is also equivalent to:
my $slice = { kind => $kind, prop => $prop, item => 5, 6 => 7, 8 => 9, 10 => 11 };