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Expand Up @@ -732,6 +732,8 @@ For example:
$r = [ 1, [ 2, 3 ], 4 ];
$r->[1]->@*; # equivalent to @{ $r->[1] }

$aref->@* = (1, 2, 3); # same as @{ $aref } = (1, 2, 3)

In Perl 5.20 and 5.22, this syntax must be enabled with C<use feature
'postderef'>. As of Perl 5.24, no feature declarations are required to make
it available.
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