Should be noted that it's equivalent to writing $obj->$can() (what I called $c_method )

Benchmarks shouldn't change.

update

I think a 3% penalty is an affordable prize for clarity and easier chaining. (actually it's ignorable, Benchmark isn't that exact)

$ perl
use Benchmark qw(cmpthese);

package Example {
    sub new    { bless {}, __PACKAGE__ }
    sub method { }
}

my $obj  = Example->new;
my $meth = 'method';
my $can = $obj->can('method');
cmpthese(-1, {
    direct => sub { $obj->method },
    can2   => sub { $can->($obj) },
    can3   => sub { $obj->$can() },
} );

__END__
    
            Rate direct   can3   can2
direct  893673/s     --   -24%   -26%
can3   1180322/s    32%     --    -3%
can2   1214700/s    36%     3%     --

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Cheers Rolf
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In reply to Re^3: Optimizing non-alphanumeric method calls (update: benchmark) by LanX
in thread Optimizing non-alphanumeric method calls by trizen

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