Hello fellow monks! I ran into the following problem and came in search of your advice...

I'm trying to create a 'safe sub' that when called using any of the methods a sub can be called with will still work the same.

So -- 

my $obj = new PKG;
$obj->safe_sub({'foo' => 'bar'}, 'cool');

PKG->safe_sub({'foo' => 'bar'}, 'cool');

PKG::safe_sub({'foo' => 'bar'}, 'cool');

package PKG;
&safe_sub({'foo' => 'bar'}, 'cool');

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And here's what I've got so far: 
package PKG;

sub safe_sub {
    # The next line contains the purpose of my post...
    shift if ref $_[0] or $_[0] =~ /^PKG/;
    # The below is just to make sure it's working (or not working :)
    my ($hash, $string) = @_;
    print "$hash->{foo}\n$string";
}

sub new {
    bless {}, shift;
}

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