As for the code ref dereferencing, I think what you're getting at is the difference between: 
$some_array[3](@args); # 5.6 only

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and 
$somearray[3]->(@args); # 5.5 and 5.4

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Not quite what you have. 5.6 permits the arrow to be dropped for coderefs using the same rules as dropping the arrow for arrayrefs and hashrefs. You still can't drop the arrow at the head of a subscripty chain, now or then, as your example would suggest.

The coderef arrow notation itself was introduced in 5.4, on a bet. I think I've recounted that story here before somewhere.

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In reply to •Re: Migrating scripts back to Perl 5.005_03 by merlyn
in thread Migrating scripts back to Perl 5.005_03 by fglock

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