$ perl -Mstrict -Mwarnings -MO=Deparse -e ' use constant FOO => sub { join( shift, @_, ); }; printf( "%s\n", FOO->( ", ", 1 .. 10, ), ); ' use constant ('FOO', sub { BEGIN {${^WARNING_BITS} = "UUUUUUUUUUUU"} use strict 'refs'; join shift @_, @_; } ); BEGIN {${^WARNING_BITS} = "UUUUUUUUUUUU"} use strict 'refs'; printf "%s\n", sub { join shift @_, @_; } ->(', ', 1..10); -e syntax OK