It was possible then, and it's possible now with PadWalker. Not exactly what you want, but pretty close. It's still a stupid idea if you ask me.

There is also Devel::Caller which may be better suited to the task (came out a few months after the node you referenced).

MJD says "you can't just make shit up and expect the computer to know what you mean, retardo!"

I run a Win32 PPM repository for perl 5.6.x and 5.8.x -- I take requests (README).

** The third rule of perl club is a statement of fact: pod is sexy.