#!/usr/bin/perl -w
    use strict;
    sub foo { print "foo: @_\n" }

    my $symbolic = 'foo';

    # This symbolic method invocation works in 5.6.1 
    # (but not in 5.00503)
    main->$symbolic;  # foo: main

    # 'goto &$symbolic'  works (in subroutines)
    
    sub bar {
        goto &$symbolic;  # works
        # goto &{'foo'};  # works
    }
    
    bar(1,2,3);

    # But these symref calls don't work:
    &$symbolic;         # ack!
    &{$symbolic};       # ook!
    &{"foo"};           # eek!