use constant XX => ( ...

Hi Group,

There are two syntax for the "use constant" pragma: to declare a scalar or to declare a list.

use constant CONST => scalarvalue;

use constant LIST => qw( listitem1, listitem2, listitem3);



I've found this in a perl module :Win32::Exe.
Could someone explain the syntax?


use constant DISPATCH_TABLE => (
"PE\0\0" => "PE",
'*' => sub { die "Incorrect PE header -- not a valid .exe file" },
);

What is DISPATCH_TABLE: a scalar or a list?

Thanks in advance.
.

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