print "Str Eval ret :",readonly((eval'capture(5)')->[0]); #### use strict; sub capture {\@_}; sub readonly{ my $v=$_[0]; eval{$_[0]=$v;1} ? 0 : 1 } $\="\n"; print "No eval :",readonly(capture(5)->[0]); eval ' print "In str eval :",readonly(capture(5)->[0]); '; eval { print "In block eval :",readonly(capture(5)->[0]); }; print "Block Eval ret :",readonly(eval{capture(5)}->[0]); print "Str Eval ret :",readonly((eval'capture(5)')->[0]); __END__ No eval :1 In str eval :1 In block eval :1 Block Eval ret :1 Str Eval ret :0