The question can easily be misunderstood, but my best guess is you want the user to choose what is executed. This means it is a method they name, not a module which has any number of methods including none. It is advisable to "use strict" in perl programs, so to translate data into a perl identifier, you need a dispatcher, e.g.:
use Try::Tiny;
while (my @parsed = &parseInput) {
&dispatch(@parsed);
}
sub parseInput {
my $inp = <>;
chomp $inp;
my @parsed = split $inp;
return () if $parsed[0] eq `q`;
return @parsed;
}
sub dispatch {
my $cmd = shift;
try { eval( '&' . $cmd . '(' . join ',', @_ . ');' ); }
catch { print STDERR "Unrecognised command $cmd\n"; }
# the above is a non-GUI example which would need adaptation
+
}
# and add a sub xxx for each command xxx
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