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in reply to Re^3: undef/defined &{$name} while "strict refs"
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The POD says we are allowed to get a reference to CODE using symbolic references while "strict refs". I think this doesn't mean we can defined or undef subroutines as well. I may be misreading the document.

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Re^5: undef/defined &{$name} while "strict refs"
by Anonymous Monk on Aug 21, 2012 at 07:22 UTC

    I think this doesn't mean we can defined or undef subroutines as well.

    I don't understand what you're saying here

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      When we execute my code above, the script throws an exception because &{ 'run' } violates "strict refs". Khen1950fx explained how to avoid this problem (I appreciate his suggestion).

      On the other hand, when we comment out &{ 'run' }, my script doesn't output error messages. This result shows the following doesn't violate "strict refs": 
      my $walkable = defined &{ 'walk' };
undef &{ 'walk' };

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      It seems each line uses symbolic references. I don't understand why this is possible.
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