On Thu, Aug 04, 2016 at 09:36:18PM +0100, Zefram wrote:
> Yeah.  Let me try to make it clearer.  In the above situation, with
> a reference to $a's Scalar container in $b, I'd like to achieve what
> the assignment "$a = 5" would, but by an operation using $b and not
> directly mentioning $a.  The result should be that $b is unchanged
> (still referencing $a's container) and $a subsequently has the value 5.

So are you looking for...?

   my $a = 3;
   my $b := $a;    # $b is bound to $a

   $b = 5;         # Assign 5 to $b (which is also $a)
   say $a;         # "5"

Pm

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