With regard to $foo->$method, I believe that in some earlier versions (5.005?), the parenthesis are not optional:

  $foo->$method();
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Also with regard to $foo->$method = $value, note that because Proc::ProcessTable::Process doesn't use lvalue accessors, you need to pass the value as an argument:

  $foo->$method( $value );
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