Re^2: subroutine ref while "strict refs"

[Anonymous Monk]

\&$_ is except from strict refs

Very good point, although I think (?) that's just a specific case of the more general exemption my $x = "foo"; my $y = \&$x; &$y; or my $y = \&{"foo"}; &$y;

[ikegami]

I didn't mean to be exclusionary. \&{EXPR} as a whole is exempt, including the \&$NAME shorthand. CONST->() is also exempt.

For example, (\&$name)->() is the same as $name->(), but it bypasses the symbolic reference check requested by using strict.