in a module, i have a routine. it has a "private function" (an anonymous routine).

if i print the anonymous routine as $<>; perl says it is a CODE ref; so that's good.

when the routine is invoked with &$<>; i get the following :

    Use of uninitialized value in subroutine entry at ...
and
    Can't use string ("") as a subroutine ref while "strict refs" in u
+se at ...

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i could not find a good description of what these messages mean.

thanks

SIMPLE CASE :

sub A {
    if ( exists $OBJ->{$p} ) {
        my $q = $OBJ->{$p};
        $q = &$<package_name>::formatThis($q);
        print FH "$p=$q ";
    }

  my $formatThis = sub {
    my $x = @_;
      my $y = sprintf ( "%.2f", $x);
      return $y;
  };
}

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Formatting fixed by GrandFather

In reply to unitialized value in subroutine entry by Anonymous Monk

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