perl -MO=Deparse,-x,-p -e 'sub verbose() { 0 } print "guggug!\n" if verbose;' sub verbose () { 0 } '???'; -e syntax OK #### perl -MO=Deparse,-x,-p -e 'sub verbose() { 0 } if(verbose){ print "guggug!\n"};' sub verbose () { 0 } '???'; -e syntax OK