Yes, you can. Since you don't want to have it done for you, just type in perldoc overload into a terminal and learn how to overload the "." operator. It may help you to know that the following works: 
my $meth = "hello";
$foo->$meth(@args); # Calls method 'hello' on $foo with @args

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As noted above, the precedence will be slightly off.

This will only apply to objects in classes which have your overload set.

If you want to attempt a more aggressive approach, you can use Filter::Simple to rewrite your code on the fly. That will get the precedence wrong, though you will have far more trouble making your code correct.

UPDATE: Zaxo is right. Using overload can make the method call happen, but making it pass arguments is another story...

In reply to Re: Overloading operators: -> to . by tilly
in thread Overloading operators: -> to . by theAcolyte

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