perl -MTime::HiRes -le "my $x=*Time::HiRes::gettimeofday{CODE};*Time::HiRes::gettimeofday = sub(){42};print Time::HiRes::gettimeofday; *Time::HiRes::gettimeofday = $x;print Time::HiRes::gettimeofday" #### use strict; use Time::HiRes; my $x=*Time::HiRes::gettimeofday{CODE}; *Time::HiRes::gettimeofday = sub(){42}; print "Modified: ", Time::HiRes::gettimeofday,"\n"; *Time::HiRes::gettimeofday = $x; print "Restored: ", Time::HiRes::gettimeofday