I do not know, personally, of any way to reference an builtin function. Although your idea has merit it may not be possible. Those more familiar with perlguts that I may have a different answer.

Now, if this specific magic is on your mind I will be of no help, but I offer this to try and satisfy your builtin reference cravings: 

my(%hash) = (
         "sub" => sub { uc $_[0] },
);

print $hash{"sub"}->("hello");

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Since uc expects only a scalar we'll have to pick the first element of @_ for it. You may elect to use join as means to handle arrays in your call to "sub".

Your referencing strategy will differ slightly from function to function depending on what you want to accomplish.

Originally posted as a Categorized Answer.

In reply to Re: How do I construct a reference to a builtin function? by jlawrenc
in thread How do I get a reference to a builtin function? by adram

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