I can't seem to reference a package indirectly if the package name starts with a numeric.

The script:
use strict;
no strict 'refs';

my $pkg = '006CONFC';

eval "require $pkg" or warn $@;

my $ref = *{${ $pkg . '::'}{'post'}}{CODE}; 

$ref or exit(0);
$ref->();

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The pm: 
package 006CONFC;
require Exporter;
our @ISA    = qw(Exporter);
our @EXPORT = qw(post);

sub post {
  print "MADE IT\n";
}
1;

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Using the debugger or -w, I get "Use of uninitialized value in ref-to-glob cast" on the my $ref line. I then change '006CONFC' in the script to something like 'x006CONFC' and create x006CONFC.pm. The script works fine. Does anyone know the reason or even better, the solution?

In reply to Package starting with numeric not recognized by jafoba

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