Another possible way to do it would be to use Deparse ... i tested this with the following code called test.pl :

#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;

my $a = &foo();
print $a;

=head

here is some pod

=cut

sub foo {
    return('foo');
}
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Then, to verify Deparse does what i expected, i did the following :

prompt > perl -MO=Deparse test.pl
my $a = &foo();
print $a;
sub foo {
    return 'foo';
}
test.pl syntax OK
prompt >
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There is a "down" side to this. This does not give the code as it was typed, but as Perl will see it. See the Deparse page for more info. If this is not acceptable (e.g. you want the original code), use something like the post from busunsl

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