Why not just "require $module"? Of course, that's probably an eval, too. The real question is -- what's the most indeterminate construct that doesn't invoke the tokenizer? -----Original Message----- From: Rubinow, Larry [mailto:Larry.Rubinow@westgroup.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 1999 4:48 PM To: fwp@technofile.org Subject: RE: [FWP] Delayed semantical interpretation Oh well, who am I to argue with Randal? Then what about my ( $module, $function ) = @_; require $module; &{"${module}::$function"}; ==== Want to unsubscribe from Fun With Perl? Well, if you insist... ==== Send email to <fwp-request@technofile.org> with message _body_ ==== unsubscribe ==== Want to unsubscribe from Fun With Perl? Well, if you insist... ==== Send email to <fwp-request@technofile.org> with message _body_ ==== unsubscribe