in reply to Re^3: private recursive subroutines
in thread private recursive subroutines

ok - but that hit is taken when the sub is inserted into the symbol table. Assuming you don't every redefine the sub, you can use it without messing with the method cache, no?

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Re^5: private recursive subroutines
by ikegami (Patriarch) on May 12, 2007 at 16:21 UTC
    Calling the function has no effect on the cache, only changing *foo does.
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