Works for in all versions I've tried, and I tried as far back as 5.8.8.

Test: 

perl -MTie::Scalar -le'
   sub make {
      return sub :lvalue {
         tie my $tied, "Tie::StdScalar";
         return $tied;
      }
   }
   my $f = make();
   $f->() = 4;
'

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If you beg to differ, please provide code that demonstrates the problem. What you posted doesn't run.

In reply to Re: lvalues in perl prior to 5.16.3 throws "Can't modify reference constructor in lvalue subroutine return" by ikegami
in thread lvalues in perl prior to 5.16.3 throws "Can't modify reference constructor in lvalue subroutine return" by hurricup

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