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($sub =~ /^(.*)::/ ? $1 : __PACKAGE__)->can($sub)->();

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Re^5: variables names used to define variables
by Aristotle (Chancellor) on Dec 11, 2003 at 17:47 UTC
    So you've replaced the symbolic lookup of $sub by a symbolic lookup of "can", which, if it reaches UNIVERSAL::can, results in a symbolic lookup for $sub. And now?

    Makeshifts last the longest.

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