Sub::Prototype(3) User Contributed Perl Documentation Sub::Prototype(3) NAME Sub::Prototype - Set a sub's prototype VERSION version 0.03 SYNOPSIS use Sub::Prototype; BEGIN { my $code = sub { ... }; set_prototype($code, '&@'); *main::my_func = $code; } my_func { ... } @list; FUNCTIONS This module only has one function, which is also exported by default: set_prototype(\&coderef, $prototype) set_prototype(\&some_function, '$$'); Sets the prototype for "coderef" to $prototype. THANKS Shawn M Moore for the idea and tests. SUPPORT Bugs may be submitted through the RT bug tracker (or bug-Sub-Prototype@rt.cpan.org ). AUTHOR Florian Ragwitz CONTRIBUTOR Karen Etheridge COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE This software is copyright (c) 2008 by Florian Ragwitz. This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself. perl v5.42.0 2025-07-14 Sub::Prototype(3)