From perlsub (emphasis added):
To unambiguously refer to the built-in form, precede the built-in name with the special package qualifier CORE::. For example, saying CORE::open() always refers to the built-in open(), even if the current package has imported some other subroutine called &open() from elsewhere. Even though it looks like a regular function call, it isn't: you can't take a reference to it, such as the incorrect \&CORE::open might appear to produce.
I think there's nothing wrong with wrapping print in a sub like you have. The only inelegant thing is that you are creating a new named sub. Why not use an anonymous sub like this? 
sub myprint { print "MYPRINT: ", @_; }

my $printfunc = $condition
  ? sub { print @_; }
  : \&myprint;

$printfunc->("hello world\n");

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Or even make myprint anonymous as well: 
my $printfunc = $condition
  ? sub { print @_; }
  : sub { print "MYPRINT: ", @_; }

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blokhead

In reply to Re: Reference to functions in CORE:: pseudo package? by blokhead
in thread Reference to functions in CORE:: pseudo package? by saintmike

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