my $coderef = sub {shift;}; my $val=$coderef->("Hello from down under"); sub doit{ print shift, $/; } &doit($val); #### my $coderef = sub {shift;}; sub doit{ print shift, $/; } &doit($coderef->("Hello from down under")); #### #Closured.pm #!/usr/local/bin/perl -cw use strict; use warnings; package Closured; sub new{ our $self; my $closure = sub { shift; if(@_){ $self = shift; } return $self; }; bless $closure; return $closure; #returning a codeRef instead } sub name{ &{$_[0]}; } 1; #### #using the Closured class... use strict; use warnings; use Closured; my $object = Closured->new("Hisham"); #try to feed a constructor directly. print $object,$/; #the constructor retruns a code ref. print $object->name("BioHisham"), "\n"; #Feed via an instance method #### #Output Closured=CODE(0x18449ac) BioHisham ####