in reply to Does AUTOLOAD exist?

You can use 'can', even if the interface is not OO. I use this in Module::Optional

require Test::Pkg::Thing;
if( Test::Pkg::Thing->can('AUTOLOAD') )
{
    print "can AUTOLOAD!\n";
}

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