i'm not shure to understand what you say but: 
#!/usr/bin/perl -w

   use strict;

   doStuff();

   sub doStuff {
    my $toggle = initToggle( 1 );
    for ( 1..6 ) { print &$toggle . "\n" };
       print "now something different...\n";
       &othersub($toggle);
   }

   sub initToggle {  
       my $x = shift;
       return sub { $x ^= 1; return $x };
   }

 sub othersub {
    my $c = shift;
      print ref($c) ."\n";
      for ( 1..6 ) { print &$c . "\n" };
 }

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prints 
0
1
0
1
0
1
now something different...
CODE
0
1
0
1
0
1

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as expected... (perl 5.005_03 i386-linux)

In reply to Re: Closures question by cianoz
in thread Closures question by Ovid

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