How about using 'local'? 

#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict; # https://perlmonks.org/?node_id=11164860
use warnings;

sub divertSTDERR
  {
  my ($sub) = @_;
  my $buffer;
  local *STDERR;
  open STDERR, '>', \$buffer or die "open failed $!";
  $sub->();
  chomp $buffer;
  return $buffer;
  }

my $buf = divertSTDERR( \&handleInner );
warn "output from handleInner:\n>>$buf<<\n";
warn "\n##################################################\n\n";
$buf = divertSTDERR( \&handleOuter );
warn "output from handleOuter:\n>>$buf<<\n";

sub handleInner
  {
  warn "inside handleInner\n";
  }

sub handleOuter
  {
  warn "before inner divert\n";
  my $buf = divertSTDERR( \&handleInner );
  warn "after inner divert\n";
  warn "handleOuter returns >>$buf<< from handleInner\n";
  }

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Outputs:

output from handleInner:
>>inside handleInner<<

##################################################

output from handleOuter:
>>before inner divert
after inner divert
handleOuter returns >>inside handleInner<< from handleInner<<

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Is this doing what you want?

In reply to Re: Nested redirect for STDERR to a string buffer within a perl program by tybalt89
in thread Nested redirect for STDERR to a string buffer within a perl program by Anonymous Monk

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