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? I have a Perl module that contains a bunch of subroutines. I need to pass the name of one or more subroutines on the command line to another Perl script. I would like to avoid hard-coding the subroutine names on the command line and at the same time automatically ensure I never pass the name of a subroutine that does not exist. I guess I need to abstract the subroutine names somehow and I'm wondering what my options are. I was thinking of having constants in the module, one for each subroutine name, but there seems to be a little duplication there. When I'm composing the command line (in Perl), is there some way I can check if a subroutine of a given name exists in the module? I would like to die under such conditions. I know there is some way to get a reference to a subroutine. If I can figure out how to get this reference (which I assume would be undef or something if I try to get a reference to a subroutine that does not exist) that would probably help, but I am not sure of the syntax or if that's the right approach. Are there reflection classes for dealing with things like this? I did search the web (a little) but wasn't sure where to start in the perldocs. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://learn.perl.org/> <http://learn.perl.org/first-response>
