Probably, what you want is something like: 
package Foo;
sub new { # A noop constructor
  bless {}, shift;
}
sub frobnicate {
  my($self, @args) = @_;
  unless($self eq 'Foo' || (ref $self && $self->isa('Foo'))) {
    unshift @args, $self;
    undef $self;
  }
  # Now $self is available only if you have an OO call
  # List of @args is always the same
  return join(', ', @args). "\n";
}

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and use it in the following way: 
my $f = Foo->new();
print $f->frobnicate('my','args');
# or
print Foo::frobnicate('my','args');
# or even
print Foo->frobnicate('my','args');

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Beware, though that doing something like $self->isa('Foo') breaks inheritance mechanisms and IMHO it is a Bad Thing (tm).

As usual, perl "gives you enough rope to hang yourself", which is a Good Thing (tm) :-)

In reply to Re: How do I make object methods callable as non-OO functions? by cosimo
in thread How do I make object methods callable as non-OO functions? by trammell

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