linda w twaxvptwszvtlinxorg brandon black wrote lets go back trivial example eep dont miss part problem array foo execution time foo nonexistent routine taking reference nonexistent function defined operation ie im firmly opinion foo return undef execution time foo defined ie foo doesnt exist also reason function evaluates true foo evaluates coderef foo name valid method return false fwiw discussed nonsimplified statement problem sorry length trying thorough value function printed runtime see bad value printed foo return defined correct sense value one core problems linda wed 06 aug 2008 202126 0700 broken perl ooparentmethod call