Re: Bug or inconsitency? FQN of Package and sub name identical

[ikegami]

in reply to Bug or inconsitency? FQN of Package and sub name identical

When barewords are involved like in

print(foo + 2);

Perl must guess at what it means. Perl usually guesses the above means

print(foo(+2));

but if foo's prototype is ($), it'll take that as a hint that you meant

print(foo() + 2);

It's the same for

Foo->method();

Perl usually guesses the above means

"Foo"->method();

but if Foo is a function, it'll take that as a hint that you meant

Foo()->method();

where Foo is presumably a function that returns a class name or an object.