- my %deref = (
- SCALAR => sub { push @args, $$a },
- ARRAY => sub { push @args, @$a },
- HASH => sub { push @args, %$a },
- GLOB => sub { push @args, *$a },
- CODE => sub { push @args, &$a }
- );
- $deref{$r}->();
+ push @args, $r eq 'SCALAR'
+ ? $$a
+ : ($r eq 'ARRAY'
+ ? @$a
+ : ($r eq 'HASH'
+ ? %$a
+ : ($r eq 'GLOB'
+ ? *$a
+ : &$a # _check_ref ensures this must be a code ref
+ )
+ )
+ );