note Aristotle Useful compilation, but you can go back and reenable <tt>strict 'refs'</tt>. <code>#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; for (qw(foo bar)) { ($main::{$_} or sub { print "No such sub: $_\n" })->(); } sub foo { print "Yes, I'm here.\n"; } __END__ Yes, I'm here. No such sub: bar </code> Alternatively: <code>(UNIVERSAL::can('main', $sub) or sub { print "No such sub: $_\n" })->(); </code> <tt>____________</tt><br><i>Makeshifts last the longest.</i> 180778 180778