[OT] best way to determine existence of a function in a package

[Paul LeoNerd Evans]

On Mon, 19 Nov 2007 09:53:41 +0000
Dirk Koopman <djk at tobit.co.uk> wrote:

> A user may include a local version of a package which may include one or 
>   more local versions of a static function (there are no references, 
> blessed or otherwise to ->can() on).

You don't need a reference. I've always found that UNIVERSAL::can() works
just as well:

  if( my $subref = UNIVERSAL::can( "Package", "function" ) ) {
     $subref->( args, here );
  }

-- 
Paul "LeoNerd" Evans

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