Clarification: The else part wouldn't generate an error for 'main' but would/does for the other two (well, it wasn't clear to me at first but I think that is more my problem than chipmunk's).

One case you didn't mention is "strings that don't start with a \w character": 

$x= '*fred';
print $x->can('can');

Can't call method "can" without a package or object reference

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and, yes, it is (currently, at least) only the first character that matters for this test.

BTW, these errors are fatal (which is why chipmunk used eval, otherwise the loop would not have continued).

Updated many times while I tried to make some sense.

        - tye (but my friends call me "Tye")

In reply to (tye)Re: Calling can method by tye
in thread Calling can method by gildir

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