Hi again ,

I'm having loads'o trouble calling functions using code ref's from with an AUTOLOAD method - I have a package that should have a configurable way of handling exceptions - configuration being via the selection of a function from the standard functions e.g. die() or croak(), such that AUTOLOAD should cause a die() or croak() (or whatsoever) as appropriate. Assuming (in its simplest form), a package as follows ... 

package fred;

use Carp;

our $DEFAULT_HANDLER = 'die';
.
. or 
.
our $DEFAULT_HANDLER = \¨

our $AUTOLOAD;

sub AUTOLOAD {
print STDERR "AUTOLOAD(@_) - $AUTOLOAD\n";
  my $self = shift();
  $DEFAULT_HANDLER-<('Died via indirection'); # a la Schwarz & Phoe
+nix
  &$DEFAULT_HANDLER('Died via default');
}

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and a call such as ... 
fred->raise_exception("Some text");

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If either or both the definition of $DEFAULT_HANDLER and the call to the referenced function are changed, the problem continues to manifest itself as follows ... 
AUTOLOAD(fred Some text) - fred::raise_exception
AUTOLOAD(Some text) - fred::die

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The reference gets converted to the configured function call and then the search begins again for a method belonging to the package i.e. at no time does the configured function get called !! I'm using Strawberry perl on Win2K. Am I being spectacularly dense and missing something so obvious it's untrue, or is/may there be a problem ? Anybody any ideas ?? TIA ,
At last, a user level that best describes my experience :-))

In reply to Problem using code ref's in AUTOLOAD by Bloodnok

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