So does the equivalent static dispatch table.

Hmm... I hadn't tested that. Ok, how about: 

c:\@Work\Perl\monks>perl -MData::Dump -le
"use warnings;
 use strict;
 ;;
 sub _x_foo { hiya(@_); }
 sub _x_bar { hiya(@_); }
 ;;
 my %disp =
   map {
     my $agent = qq{_x_$_};
     $_ => __PACKAGE__->UNIVERSAL::can($agent)
           ||
           die qq{dispatch via unknown agent '$agent'};
     }
   qw(foo bar BAM)
   ;
 ::dd \%disp;
 ;;
 sub hiya { print 'hi from ', (caller(1))[3], qq{ (@_)}; }
 ;;
 $disp{foo}();
 $disp{POW}(qw(x y z));
 $disp{bar}(99, 88);
"
dispatch via unknown agent '_x_BAM' at -e line 1.

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This throws both compile- and run-time exceptions, although I don't like the obscure wording of the run-time error message.

How about putting the whole thing into a lexically scoped package? This allows full control of the composition of the run-time error message, and makes the dispatch hash entirely private. It's also all ready to be moved off to its own module. I can't say I'm fond the  Dispatch::me('foo') invocation syntax, but putting this in its own module would give you some more syntax choices. 

c:\@Work\Perl\monks>perl -MData::Dump -le
"use warnings;
 use strict;
 ;;
 { package Dispatch;
   ;;
   sub _x_foo { hiya(@_); }
   sub _x_bar { hiya(@_); }
   ;;
   my %disp =
     map {
       my $agent = qq{_x_$_};
       $_ => __PACKAGE__->UNIVERSAL::can($agent)
             ||
             die qq{dispatch via unknown agent '$agent'};
       }
     qw(foo bar BAM)
     ;
   ::dd \%disp;
   ;;
   sub me {
     my $tag = shift;
     ;;
     die qq{unknown dispatcher '$tag' used}
       unless exists $disp{$tag};
     ;;
     return $disp{$tag}(@_);
     }
   ;;
   sub hiya { print 'hi from ', (caller(1))[3], qq{ (@_)}; }
 }
 ;;
 Dispatch::me('foo');
 Dispatch::me('POW', qw(x y z));
 Dispatch::me('bar', 99, 88);
"
dispatch via unknown agent '_x_BAM' at -e line 1.

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In reply to Re^7: Creating dispatch table with variable in function name by AnomalousMonk
in thread Creating dispatch table with variable in function name by nysus

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