constants are basically just sub FOO () { ... } (Constant Functions). So I first tried your @{ STEPPER_SEQUENCE }, but Perl reminded me: Ambiguous use of @{STEPPER_SEQUENCE} resolved to @STEPPER_SEQUENCE and Global symbol "@STEPPER_SEQUENCE" requires explicit package name. However, once you disambiguate:
use constant STEPPER_SEQUENCE => [
[qw(1 0 0 1)], [qw(1 0 0 0)], [qw(1 1 0 0)], [qw(0 1 0 0)],
[qw(0 1 1 0)], [qw(0 0 1 0)], [qw(0 0 1 1)], [qw(0 0 0 1)],
];
print 0+@{STEPPER_SEQUENCE()}, "\n";
print 0+@{+STEPPER_SEQUENCE}, "\n";
print 0+@{&STEPPER_SEQUENCE}, "\n";
__END__
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Update: The thread constant vector might be relevant here too. Also added the third example, although note that calls to constant functions with & are not subject to inlining.
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