Perl allows you to call a method on an object or class by way of indirection -- storing the method name in a scalar: 
my $foo = Obj->new;
for (qw( create init add )) {
  $foo->$_();  # note -- $foo->$_ will not work, ()'s needed
}

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However, this is very different from a qualified name. A qualified name is basically "This::That::Those". They can only contain valid identifiers, which are strings that match /\A(?:[a-zA-Z_]\w*|\d*)\z/ (yes, you can have an identifier of 0 characters).

To get the behavior you'd like, I suggest using the symbol table: 
my $meth = 'meth';
$A::B::{$meth}->(25);
# %A::B:: is a symbol table
# $A::B::{$meth} holds the typeglob *A::B::meth
# *A::B::meth->(...) is like A::B::meth(...)

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Aside: here's an example of 0-length identifiers that you can use under strict (because they're qualified): 
#!/usr/bin/perl

use strict;

@:: = qw( this program uses empty variable names );
for $:: (@::) { print $::; }  # ::; looks confusing ;)
open ::, ".cshrc";
print scalar <::>;  # is there no end to this madness?
close ::;

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Just avoid screwing with %::, since that's a symbol table.

$_="goto+F.print+chop;\n=yhpaj";F1:eval

In reply to RE: Calling a class method name in a scalar using :: syntax by japhy
in thread Calling a class method name in a scalar using :: syntax by metaperl

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