This syntax is valid Perl, yet it is discouraged as the slice is here useless since the dereferencing enforces scalar context.
If warnings are turned on, Perl will complain about one-element slices.
+Autovivifications that happen in code C<eval>'d during the global destruction phase of a spawned thread or pseudo-fork (the processes used internally for the C<fork> emulation on Windows) are not reported.
+
=head1 DEPENDENCIES
L<perl> 5.8.3.