> On Thu, 8 Jul 2004 08:51:08 -0600, Wiggins d Anconia wrote
> >
> > perldoc UNIVERSAL specifically the 'can' function.
>
> That's the one. But who's it calling "DUMMY"? That's not my code...
>
> C:\temp>type test.pl
> use CGI;
> use Data::Dumper;
>
> my ${ref} = CGI->can( 'param' );
>
> pri
perl.org wrote:
> I can probably figure this out if I spend some time but as I was
> going through it more questions were raised.
>
> Is it possible for a Perl script to check if a subroutine exists in a
> module without actually invoking that subroutine?
Not really, because of autoloading. See p
On Thu, 8 Jul 2004 08:51:08 -0600, Wiggins d Anconia wrote
>
> perldoc UNIVERSAL specifically the 'can' function.
That's the one. But who's it calling "DUMMY"? That's not my code...
C:\temp>type test.pl
use CGI;
use Data::Dumper;
my ${ref} = CGI->can( 'param' );
print Dumper( ${ref} );
${re
On Thu, 8 Jul 2004 08:51:08 -0600, Wiggins d Anconia wrote
>
> All of this seems a little fishy, what is
> the overall goal and why do you need to pass sub names to a separate
> script?
I am assembling the command line under the Interwoven CMS workflow engine,
which is basically Perl. Each auto
> I can probably figure this out if I spend some time but as I was going
through
> it more questions were raised.
>
Some time, or some more time. Some time is usually expected
> Is it possible for a Perl script to check if a subroutine exists in a
module
> without actually invoking that sub
