$ perl -M5.022 -e' my $x = 123; \my $y = \$x; say $y; ' Experimental aliasing via reference not enabled at -e line 2. $ perl -M5.022 -e' use feature qw( refaliasing ); my $x = 123; \my $y = \$x; say $y; ' Aliasing via reference is experimental at -e line 3. 123 $ perl -M5.022 -e' use feature qw( refaliasing ); no warnings qw( experimental::refaliasing ); my $x = 123; \my $y = \$x; say $y; ' 123 $ perl -M5.022 -e' use experimental qw( refaliasing ); my $x = 123; \my $y = \$x; say $y; ' 123