Actually, those mean different things. Neither autovivifies, which was what Doug was seeking to understand.Both defined $phash{"D"}[3] and exists $phash{"D"}[3] autovivify $phash{"D"}. - Bruce
'defined' will autovivify, 'exists' will not. I'll leave it up to Doug to decide if knowing that helps.
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