I perused perlmonks and google in search of a dispatch table. The examples I found didn't pass arguments with the named subroutines. I think I have it solved, but would like confirmtion.

#!/usr/bin/perl -w
use strict;
$|++;

my $fruit = [ qw|apple orange pear| ];
my $dispatch = {
    add => sub { return add_entry( $fruit ) },
};

print scalar localtime, "\n";
sleep 1;
print &{ $dispatch->{add} }, " <-- from sub \n";;
sleep 1;
print scalar localtime, "\n";

sub add_entry{
    print scalar localtime, " <--   in sub \n";
    sleep 1;
    return scalar localtime;
}

__END__

produces:
Sat Apr 27 19:00:21 2002
Sat Apr 27 19:00:22 2002 <--   in sub 
Sat Apr 27 19:00:23 2002 <-- from sub 
Sat Apr 27 19:00:24 2002

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    Two questions:
  1. Is the test valid?
  2. Am I missing some pitfall that will bite me later?

Thank You,
Charles K. Clarkson
Clarkson Energy Homes, Inc.

In reply to passing arguments in a dispatch table by CharlesClarkson

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