$ perl -MO=Deparse,-p -e " ok Some::Package::Foo->a_method_call($var), 'test succeeded'; " ('Some::Package::Foo'->ok->a_method_call($var), '???'); -e syntax OK $ perl -MO=Deparse,-p -MTest::More -e " ok Some::Package::Foo->a_method_call($var), 'test succeeded'; " use Test::More; ok('Some::Package::Foo'->a_method_call($var), 'test succeeded'); -e syntax OK