#package main; # this is implicit bar( qw( some args that were passed along ) ); foo( 'foo() stuff' ); ::foo( '::foo() stuff' ); &::foo( '&::foo() stuff' ); sub bar { &foo; } sub foo { print __PACKAGE__, " foo got '@_'\n" } foo; # bareword will work with no strictures after sub defn package Foo; foo( 'foo() stuff' ); ::foo( '::foo() stuff' ); &::foo( '&::foo() stuff' ); sub foo { print __PACKAGE__, " foo got '@_'\n" } __DATA__ main foo got 'some args that were passed along' main foo got 'foo() stuff' main foo got '::foo() stuff' main foo got '&::foo() stuff' main foo got '' Foo foo got 'foo() stuff' main foo got '::foo() stuff' main foo got '&::foo() stuff'