print data { $obj2->object };

That doesn't even work. The print will break it. print STDOUT data { $ob2->object }; would though.

I'm not sure how or even whether it is possible to get the ob3->name portion to be used as the method in indirect syntax though. I played with it a bit and the closest I could come to it required an eval. :-) I couldn't get it to work with symbolic refs either. Somehow, I think that's a good thing...

-sauoq
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