I thought the first case was a closure variable. i.e.

• Closure variable: my $foo = sub { ... };
• Eval string: my $foo = eval qq{ sub { ... } };

The thing is, I can only see how I might get the output of prototype into the string and not the closure. i.e.

• Closure variable:

  my $original_proto = prototype("${package}::${sub_name}");
  my $original_sub = \${"${package}::${sub_name}"};
  *{"${package}::${sub_name}"} = sub HOW_DO_I_GET_$original_proto_IN_HER
  +E? { return $original_sub->(@_); };
  [download]

• Eval String:

  my $original_proto = prototype("${package}::${sub_name}");
  my $original_sub = \${"${package}::${sub_name}"};
  *{"${package}::${sub_name}"} = eval qq{sub $original_proto { return \$
  +original_sub->(\@_); } };
  [download]

Am I missing something obvious?

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