if( exists($hash->{akey}) && defined($m=$hash->{akey}) && ($m==1) ){ $y = $m; ... }
# don't trust $m here
####
use strict;
use warnings;
use Data::Dumper;
my %tests = (
'a' => 10,
'b' => 20,
);
my $m;
# this seems to assign $m once and never bother to check again
my %hash = (
'b' => exists($tests{'b'}) && defined($m=$tests{'b'}) ? $m : 0,
'a' => exists($tests{'b'}) && defined($m=$tests{'a'}) ? $m : 0,
);
print Dumper(\%hash);
# this works as expected
$m = 10;
my %hash2 = (
'1' => $m++,
'2' => $m++,
'3' => $m++
);
print Dumper(\%hash2);
##
##
$VAR1 = {
'a' => 10,
'b' => 10
};
$VAR1 = {
'1' => 10,
'2' => 11,
'3' => 12
};