That might be a bit overkill for your situation, but you could solve your problem with continuation passing, something along these lines: 
sub resolve_value {
   my $start_with = another_value();
   unless $start_with {
        warn "Could not get another value";
        return;
   }
   my $continuation = shift;
   return $continuation->($start_with, @_);
}

# and here's how you use that code:

sub foo {
    # do some work here
    resolve_value(sub {
       my $start_with = shift;
       
       # do the rest of the work here
    })
}

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If you care about performance you could also tail-call into the sub: 

goto &resolve_value(sub {
    ...
});

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In reply to Re: how to write a modified return() call? by moritz
in thread how to write a modified return() call? by leocharre

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