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You're possibly right :)

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Re^6: $obj->method v.s. $obj->method()
by AnomalousMonk (Archbishop) on May 09, 2009 at 18:40 UTC
    FWIW: In both versions 5.004_02 and 5.004_04 (from different builds) that I have:
    • $obj->method; (no arguments) and  $obj->method(@args); (with arguments) both work;
    • no non-parenthesized invocation with arguments (of those I have tried) works.
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      can you also try this: 
      my $method = "foo";
$obj->$method;
$obj->$method @args;

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        my $method = "foo";
$obj->$method;
$obj->$method @args;

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        On both 5.004_02 and 5.004_04:
        • $obj->$method; and $obj->$method @args; both fail to compile;
        • $obj->$method(); and $obj->$method(@args); both compile and execute as expected.
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