$ cat t.pl #! /usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use Data::Dumper; my $code = sub { print "hallo @_\n"; }; print Dumper($code); printf "v%vd\n", $^V; $code->("Welt"); __END__ $ perl t.pl $VAR1 = sub { "DUMMY" }; v5.8.8 hallo Welt $