From The RT System itself

sub new { bless [] }

package main;

my Class $obj = Class->new;
@​{$obj}{qw(foo bar)} = ("this", "that");
print $obj->{foo};

This dies with "Can't coerce array into hash".

If the constructor is changed to "sub new { bless [\%FIELDS] }" then
it all works fine.

I presume this is some bug/oversight in compile-time AVHVs as opposed
to those which are defined at runtime.

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From @schwern

Bug still exists in 5.8.1 RC2 but pseudo-hashes are going away in 5.10.

@schwern - Status changed from 'stalled' to 'resolved'