Greetings monks,

I have a possible solution to a problem but I'm not sure that it is the most efficient (or correct!) way to go about it. Here's the problem. I've got some code which looked like this:

my %data_h = (previously calculated data);
my @errors;  # store errors here
my @passed;  # list items that passed the tests
foreach (@list) {
   if ($condition{'a'} == 1) {
   # perform test A on $_ using data from %data_h
   # if it fails, add an error message and go on to
   # the next list item
   }
   if ($condition{'b'} == 1) {
   # perform test B on $_ using data from %data_h
   # if it fails, add an error message and go on to
   # the next list item
   }
   # and so on, with several other tests

   # if it survives all these tests...
   push @passed, $_;
}

if (@passed) {
# etc.
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I'm sure that it would be better to create a subroutine beforehand which could be customised according to what tests were required. This is my attempt to create such a sub:

# create some dummy subroutines
sub test_A {
}
sub test_B {
}

# redefine them as real subs if the conditions
# are right
local *test_A = 
sub {
   my $x = shift;
   # perform test A on $x using data from %data_h
   # if it fails, add an error message and go on to
   # the next list item
} if $condition{'a'} == 1;

local *test_b = 
sub {
   my $x = shift;
   # perform test B on $x using data from %data_h
   # if it fails, add an error message and go on to
   # the next list item
} if $condition{'b'} == 1;

sub do_tests {
   my $to_test = shift;
# depending on what is in the %condition hash,
# these will either be a real subroutine or just a dummy
   test_A($to_test);
   test_B($to_test);
}

foreach (@list) {
   do_tests($_);
   push @passed, $_;
}
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This seems kinda clunky, and I also get warnings about the subroutines being redefined. Is there a better way of doing this?

Thanks a lot in advance for any advice!