#!/usr/bin/perl use warnings; my %guid=(218827=>5,109940=>2); BEGIN { %handle= ( cmd => sub { my $ref = sub{$guid{218827}++;warn "sub: $guid{218827}";}; $ref->(); }, ); while (my ($key, $value) = each %guid) { print defined $key ? $key : "UNDEF"; print ":"; print defined $value ? $value : "UNDEF"; print "\n"; } } $handle{cmd}->(); __END__ sub: 6 at buu line 14.