>perl -wle"print( prototype( 'CORE::chomp' ) )" Use of uninitialized value in print at -e line 1. <- Can't >perl -wle"print( prototype( 'CORE::push' ) )" \@@ <- Can #### BEGIN { *CORE::GLOBAL::push = sub(\@@) { my $array = shift(@_); print("Pushing\n"); return CORE::push(@$array, @_); }; }