Re: Ugly syntax

[chipmunk]

The results you get are caused by the special bareword-quoting feature of =>. You can either avoid giving the constant to => as a bareword, or switch to a regular comma:

%nums = (
  @{[FIRST]} => 'Ein',
  SECOND()   => 'Zwei',
  &THIRD     => 'Drei',
  (FOURTH)   => 'Vier',
  FIFTH,        'Funf',
);