Actually, I think the "use subs" declaration solves the problem I was looking at, though I kind of like your "subs::i" idea. And you're right that it would be nice if CGI.pm provided a "can" method, but so many people use UNIVERSAL::can() directly that I think simply predeclaring the subs would be easier.

Update: What I think is really nifty about the subs pragma is the line:

*{"${callpack}::$sym"} = \&{"${callpack}::$sym"};

We create the slot in the typeglob, but assign an undefined value. $module->can($method) works because we have the slot, but AUTOLOAD still gets called because there is no actual subroutine or method there. Nifty!

Cheers,
Ovid

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