[perl #122607] Call on object overloading &{} returned by a constant-> fails to compile

Le Dim 24 Aoû 2014 13:55:26, dolmen a écrit :
> # == This works ==========
> my $x = CONST_CLS;
> say( $x->("OK") );
> # ========================
> 
> # == This doesn't works ==
> # Compile fails: "Constant is not a CODE reference"
> #say( CONST_CLS->("OK") );
> # ========================

Here are two workarounds I use for perl < 5.21.4:

    say do{ CONST_CLS }->("OK");
    say &{ +CONST_CLS }("OK");


See Term::Chrome as real world use of &{} overloading and "use constant" combination.
https://metacpan.org/pod/Term::Chrome

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• [perl #122607] Call on object overloading &{} returned by a constant-> fails to compile by Olivier Mengué via RT