Ahhh.. it's nice to be back at the monestary, it's been too long since I've visited (must.. stop.. coding.. delphi).
I have a piece of code like this 
my %dispatch = (
  'sub_one' => \&sub_one,
  'sub_two' => \&sub_two
);


$dispatch{'sub_one'}('arg');
$dispatch{'sub_two'}('arg');

sub sub_one {
  $a = shift;
  print "Got to sub one: $a\n";
}

sub sub_two {
  $a = shift;
  print "got to sub two $a\n";
}

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It simply saves me having to write out a whack of if statements. (if this event call this subroutine), as well as allows me to quickly add handlers for various events.

I like it, but, apparently perl 5.005_03 doesn't. I don't have control over where this script that I've written will run, and would like it to be as portable as possible.

My question is this:
Is there a way to replicate this behaviour for those that run perl 5.005_03? I'm hoping for a solution other than if statements, but if that's where I need to go, I will :(

In reply to perl 5.005_03 woes by the_slycer

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