-------- #! /usr/bin/perl -l print "Originally foo() is a " . ref(*foo{CODE}); print "Initializing foo()"; *foo = sub {print "hello"}; print "foo() is now a " . ref(*foo{CODE}); print "According to can, foo is " . main->can("foo"); print "Calling foo()"; foo(); print "Undefining foo()"; $x = *foo; undef &$x; print "foo() is now a " . ref(*foo{CODE}); print "According to can, foo is " . main->can("foo"); print "Calling foo()"; foo(); __END__ Originally foo() is a Initializing foo() foo() is now a CODE According to can, foo is CODE(0x8175b24) Calling foo() hello Undefining foo() foo() is now a CODE According to can, foo is CODE(0x8175b24) Calling foo() Not a CODE reference at - line 17 --------