Why won't strict let me replace this redundant drek 
$in=param('in');
if($in eq "this"){&this}
if($in eq "that"){&that}
if($in eq "foo"){&foo}
if($in eq "bar"){&bar}
if($in eq "zzz"){&zzz}
# imagine a lot more

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with this? 
$in=param('in');
@actions=qw(this that foo bar zzz); # names of subroutines and input v
+alues
foreach $_(@actions){ if($in eq $_){&$_()}}

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Can't use string ("foo") as a subroutine ref while "strict refs" in use.

Is there a strict way to do something similar?

getting there - epoptai

ref: h0mee

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