sub x
{
    print "Starting with X\n";
    my $ret = _shared_code(@_);
    return "From X: $ret";
}

sub y
{
    print "Starting with Y\n";
    my $ret = _shared_code(@_);
    return "From Y: $ret";
}

sub _shared_code
{
    # Do stuff here
}

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You still get the shared code abstracted out and you get to handle differences. I often do this with structures like: 
sub DoFoo { return do_stuff('Foo', @_) }
sub DoBar { return do_stuff('Bar', @_) }
sub DoBaz { return do_stuff('Baz', @_) }

sub do_stuff
{
    my ($name, ...) = @_;

    # Do stuff here
}

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This is usually one of the first steps I take when refactoring a bloated code base.

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In reply to Re: Re: Re: aliasing subs by dragonchild
in thread aliasing subs by december

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