I'm not sure exactly what you're going for, but maybe this helps:
(Update: Also works under Perl version 5.30.3.1 64-bit.)Win8 Strawberry 5.8.9.5 (32) Sun 11/22/2020 1:19:09 C:\@Work\Perl\monks >perl use strict; use warnings; use constant INVALID_DATA => ( q{invalid}, 0 ); use constant ADD_DATA => ( q{add}, 1 ); use constant REMOVE_DATA => ( q{remove}, 2 ); use constant MODES => ( \&ADD_DATA, \&REMOVE_DATA ); warn((ADD_DATA)[0]); warn((ADD_DATA)[1]); warn((MODES)[0]); warn((MODES)[1]); warn((MODES)[0]->()); warn((MODES)[1]->()); ^Z add at - line 11. 1 at - line 12. CODE(0x1d2be34) at - line 14. CODE(0x1cf904c) at - line 15. add1 at - line 17. remove2 at - line 18.
Update 1: Changed example code above: removed unused use Data::Dumper; statement.
Update 2: The syntax &{(MODES)[0]} also works, and you may consider it more elegant:
Also works under version 5.30.Win8 Strawberry 5.8.9.5 (32) Sun 11/22/2020 1:34:08 C:\@Work\Perl\monks >perl use strict; use warnings; use constant ADD_DATA => qw(add 1); use constant REMOVE_DATA => qw(remove 2); use constant MODES => (\&ADD_DATA, \&REMOVE_DATA); warn &{(MODES)[0]}; warn &{(MODES)[1]}; ^Z add1 at - line 8. remove2 at - line 9.
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In reply to Re: Multi-dimensional constants (updated)
by AnomalousMonk
in thread Multi-dimensional constants
by Ionic
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