sub _derange_iter { my ($cb, $todo, @v) = @_; @$todo or return do { $cb->( @v ); sub {} }; # this line was wrong before my %seen; @seen{@v} = (); my ( $range, @todo ) = @$todo; my @sub_iter = map { my $my_ = $_; sub { _derange_iter ( $cb, \@todo, @v, $my_ ) } } grep { ! exists $seen{$_} } @$range; return sub {} unless (@sub_iter); # Grab and unwrap an iterator from the list my $iter = (shift @sub_iter)->(); return sub { my $rval; $iter = (shift @sub_iter)->() until ($rval = $iter->() or @sub_iter == 0); return $rval; } } sub derange(&@) { my $cb = shift; my $iter = _derange_iter( $cb, [ map { my $x = $_; [ grep { $_ ne $x } @_ ] } @_ ] ); for (1..15) { $iter->(); } } derange { print "@_\n" } @ARGV;