use strict ; use warnings; use threads; use threads::shared; use Data::Dumper; my %HoH :shared; my %hash :shared; $hash{pre_key} = "Before"; $HoH{hash}=\%hash; $hash{post_key} = "After"; if (\%hash eq $HoH{hash}) { print "OK\n"; } else { print "Copied, I suspect\n"; } print Data::Dumper->Dump ([\%hash], ["hash"]); print Data::Dumper->Dump ([$HoH{hash}], ["HoH"]); print "But looks like they still stay in sych\n