$ perl -Mstrict -Mwarnings -E ' use List::Util qw/reduce/; say reduce { $a * $b } 1..6; ' Name "main::a" used only once: possible typo at -e line 3. Name "main::b" used only once: possible typo at -e line 3. 720 #### $ perl -Mstrict -Mwarnings -E ' use List::Util qw/reduce/; $a || $b || 1; say reduce { $a * $b } 1..6; ' 720 #### $ perl -Mstrict -Mwarnings -E ' use List::Util qw/reduce sum/; $a || $b || 1; say reduce { $a * $b } 1..6; say sum 1..6; ' 720 21