use Devel::Peek; sub sub1(*) { print STDERR "args(1)\n"; Dump($_) for @_; sub2(@_); } sub sub2(*) { print STDERR "args(2)\n"; Dump($_) for @_; } sub sub3(*) { print STDERR "args(3)\n"; Dump($_) for @_; sub2(@_); } sub1 Bareword; sub3 Bareword; sub2(@{[Bareword]});