E:\>perl -I./lib -d:MyDB -e "sub X { Y() } sub Y { sleep(1) } X,X,Y" E:\>type -e.profile > ::X > ::Y < ::Y=1, 0, 0, 0, 0 < ::X=1, 0, 0, 0, 0 > ::X > ::Y < ::Y=1, 0, 0, 0, 0 < ::X=1, 0, 0, 0, 0 > ::Y < ::Y=1, 0, 0, 0, 0