Use a subroutine with an empty prototype which return a constant (that's what the constant module does): 
perl -MO=Deparse,-x,-p -e 'sub verbose() { 0 } print "guggug!\n" if ve
+rbose;'
sub verbose () { 0 }
'???';
-e syntax OK

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perl -MO=Deparse,-x,-p -e 'sub verbose() { 0 } if(verbose){ print "gug
+gug!\n"};'
sub verbose () { 0 }
'???';
-e syntax OK

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The '???'; statements stand for bits of code that have been optimized away; those will have no impact on performance. If the compiler sees such a constant returning sub it can perform optimizations, eliminating code blocks whose execution is bound to the value of that constant.

Besides, before shoehorning a perl script through m4, I'd rather look - though discouraged - at perl's -P switch. See perlrun.

--shmem 

_($_=" "x(1<<5)."?\n".q·/)Oo.  G°\        /
                              /\_¯/(q    /
----------------------------  \__(m.====·.(_("always off the crowd"))."·
");sub _{s./.($e="'Itrs `mnsgdq Gdbj O`qkdq")=~y/"-y/#-z/;$e.e && print}

In reply to Re: Macro in perl code? by shmem
in thread Macro in perl code? by pileofrogs

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