In Perl -> is the dereference operator, similar to C. So when you see $a->[2]{"b...

		odc 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: DuckDuckGo Donates $25,000 to The Perl and Raku Fo... In Perl -> is the dereference operator, similar to C. So when you see `$a->[2]{"bar"}` then $a is an array reference where each item is a hashmap. But with `$a->[2]->{"bar"}` then $a is an array reference where each item is a reference to a hashmap.

$a->[2]->{"bar"} is the same as $a->[2]{"bar"} or as $a->[2]{bar}