use Data::Dumper; local $Data::Dumper::Terse = 1; my $hashref = { aaa => 1, bbb => 2, ccc => 3, }; print "hashref : " . Dumper($hashref); my $evalled = eval(Dumper($hashref)); print "evalled : " . Dumper($evalled); __output__ hashref : { 'ccc' => 3, 'bbb' => 2, 'aaa' => 1 } evalled : { 'ccc' => 3, 'bbb' => 2, 'aaa' => 1 } #### use Data::Dumper; local $Data::Dumper::Terse = 1; my $x; $x = \$x; __output__ \$VAR1