#!/usr/local/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use Data::Dumper; my %hash = ( 'a' => 2 ); use constant A => \%hash; print A->{a}; #### #!/usr/local/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use Data::Dumper; my $hash = { 'a' => 2 }; use constant A => $hash; print A->{a};