my $regexp = qr/Some Regex/; warn "It's regexpable!" if $regexp->DOES( 'REGEX' ); my $subref = sub { ... }; warn "It's invokable!\n" if $subref->DOES( 'CODE' ); my $overloaded = Way::OverLoaded->new(); warn "It's indexable/keyable/invokable\n" if $overloaded->DOES( 'ARRAY' ) && $overloaded->DOES( 'HASH' ) && $overloaded->DOES( 'CODE' );