I have a small piece of code ($error_sub) that I need to use in two places within the same subroutine. It looks some like this (a Catalyst App). 
sub myaction : Chained('.') PathPart('myaction') POST {
    my ( $self, $c ) = @_;

    my $form = MyApp::Form->new;
    $form->process(params => $c->req->body_params);

    my $error_sub = sub {
        $c->response->status(400);
        $c->stash(
            results => {
                form => $form->render,
            },
        );
        $c->detach();
    };

    if ( $form->is_valid ) {
        try {
            $form->update_model;
        }
        catch($e) {
            $form->add_form_error($e);
            $error_sub->();
        };
    }
    else {
        $error_sub->();
    }
}

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Scope is not an issue in this context as far as I can tell.
My question is whether there are benefits to using lexical subs in this situation. I would end up with 
   my sub error {
        $c->response->status(400);
        $c->stash(
            results => {
                form => $form->render,
            },
        );
        $c->detach();
   }

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Would I be save a CPU cycle or a byte of RAM using lexical subs, or is there any other benefits? Thanks in advance, Dermot

In reply to lexical sub vs subroutine reference by tomred

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