A callback is a reference to a function. If you put a method call where a callback is needed, it won't work as expected.
# The first one is wrong. It adds a reference to an subroutine named f
+or the return value of $ship->move (or \&1)
# because print returns 1 when it is successful.
$app->add_move_handler ( \&{$ship->move} );
$app->add_move_handler ( sub { $ship->move( @_ ) } );
Try this to verify that:
#!/usr/bin/env perl
use strict;
use warnings;
use Data::Dumper;
$Data::Dumper::Deparse = 1;
use Mob;
my $ship = Mob->new();
my $first = \&{$ship->move};
print "first: ", Dumper( $first );
my $second = sub { $ship->move( @_ ) };
print "second: ", Dumper( $second );
# &$first(); # Uncomment to see the error 'Undefined subroutine &main:
+:1 called at ./test.pl line 17.'
&$second( 1, 2 );
Update: chromatic replied while I was typing this up with more thorough answers than mine.