in reply to perl equivalent to ruby's alias
sub foo { print( "Hello World\n" ); } BEGIN { *bar = \&foo; } foo(); bar();
The BEGIN is not necessary, but it can avoid problems.
Update: Or to demonstrate your requirements:
sub foo { print( "foo\n" ); } BEGIN { *bar = \&foo; } BEGIN { *foo = sub { print( "bar\n" ); }; } foo(); # bar bar(); # foo
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