Re: Surprise: "Can't modify constant item in scalar assignment" [SOLVED]

[LanX]

> Did you spot it?

Yes, I did!

If you don't, you might want consider using syntax-coloring of variables and an editor which highlights/jumps-to error-lines.

UPDATE:

Did you really use strict?

Bareword "message" not allowed while "strict subs" in use at /home/lanx/tmp/tst.pl line 12.

UPDATE:

> I would have expected to be notified about the bareword.

IMHO barewords can still be lvalue-subs, where your code has perfectly legal syntax.

use strict;
use warnings;
use JSON;
 
sub message :lvalue {
  my $a;
}
   
message = {
       result  => JSON::false,
       message => "You messed up",
      };

runs without problems.

In your case it's a constant bareword.