Perhaps a wiser head or three can tell me if the next statement appears to be valid:

The answers in Q&A QandASection: references "How to force one variable to be an alias to another?" have some problems. Rather than post a reply to a single answer there (and to avoid polluting Q&A if I' ve missed something), here's what I observed:

Win7 Pro
 perl -v:
 This is perl 5, version 24, subversion 0 (v5.24.0) built for MSWin32-
+x86-multi-thr
 (with 1 registered patch ....)<br>
 Binary build 2400 [300560] provided by ActiveState http://www.ActiveS
+tate.com<br>
 Built Jul 13 2016 14:32:48
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 use v5.22;
 use warnings;
 # cat answer to "How to force one variable to be an alias to another?
+"
 # indented text led by #: errors prior to commenting out the bare blo
+ck
 
 my $seg = 1;
 say "\$seg: $seg";
 
 =head  
 
 {
 use feature 'refalias';
  #  "C:\>D:\#1183761.pl
  #  Feature "refalias" is not supported by Perl 5.24.0 at D:\_Perl_\p
+l_test\#1183761.pl li
+ne 3.
  #  BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at D:\_Perl_\pl_test\#1183761.p
+l line 3."
  #     No mention of deprecation/elimination found in perldelta 5.24 
+but error as above.
 
 # Silence warnings if desired:
 no warnings 'experimental::refaliasing';
  
 my ($x, $y);
 \$x = \$y;          # alias here
 
 $x = 5;
 say $y;                # prints nothing  -- see msg above
 };
 
 =cut
 
 
 $seg++;
 say "\$seg = $seg";     #2
 
 =head
 
 {
 my $x = 5;
 my $y = 273;
 make_alias( $x, $y );
    # $seg = 2
    # Undefined subroutine &main::make_alias called at D:\_Perl_\pl_te
+st\#1183761.pl line 3
+6.
 
 print $y;               # prints  nothing -- see msg above
 };
 
 =cut
 
 $seg++;
 say "\$seg = $seg";     #3 
 
 {
 use Lexical::Alias;
 
 my $that = "not_that";
 my $this = "another seg";
 alias $that, $this;      # $this is now an alias for $that.
 say $this;               # prints "not_that"
 };
 
 $seg++;
 say "\$seg = $seg";      #4
 
 {
 my @x = qw(foo bar baz);
 my @y = qw(bat bif bim);
 alias @x, @y;
 
 for (@x) {
     say "element of \@x: " . $_;
 }
 for (@y) {
     say "\t element of \@y: " . $_;
 }
 
 };
 
 $seg++;
 say "\$seg = $seg";        #5
 
 =head
 
 {
 use Data::Alias;     # from perldelta for 5.24:
                      # Known Problems
                      # Some modules have been broken by the context s
+tack rework. 
                      # These modules were relying on non-guaranteed i
+mplementation 
                      # details in perl.  <i> (did I miss something?)<
+/i>
             
  
  my( $this, $that );
  
  alias $that, $this;   # $this is now an alias for $that.
 
 };
 
 =cut
 
 
 =head FINAL OUTPUT AFTER commenting failed bareblocks:
 
 $seg: 1
 $seg = 2
 $seg = 3
 not_that
 $seg = 4
 element of @x: foo
 element of @x: bar
 element of @x: baz
          element of @y: foo
          element of @y: bar
          element of @y: baz
 $seg = 5
 
 =cut
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