# Use Perl code in strings...
    timethese($count, {
        'Name1' => '...code1...',
        'Name2' => '...code2...',
    });
    # ... or use subroutine references.
    timethese($count, {
        'Name1' => sub { ...code1... },
        'Name2' => sub { ...code2... },
    });
    # cmpthese can be used both ways as well
    cmpthese($count, {
        'Name1' => '...code1...',
        'Name2' => '...code2...',
    });
    cmpthese($count, {
        'Name1' => sub { ...code1... },
        'Name2' => sub { ...code2... },
    });

##</code><code>##

    my ($subcode, $subref);
    if (ref $c eq 'CODE') {
	$subcode = "sub { for (1 .. $n) { local \$_; package $pack; &\$c; } }";
        $subref  = eval $subcode;
    }
    else {
	$subcode = "sub { for (1 .. $n) { local \$_; package $pack; $c;} }";
        $subref  = _doeval($subcode);
    }