subs(s) Perl Programmers Reference Guide subs(s) NAME subs - Perl pragma to predeclare sub names SYNOPSIS use subs qw(w); frob 3..10; DESCRIPTION This will predeclare all the subroutine whose names are in the list, allowing you to use them without parentheses even before they're declared. Unlike pragmas that affect the $^H hints variable, the "use vars" and "use subs" declarations are not BLOCK-scoped. They are thus effective for the entire file in which they appear. You may not rescind such declara- tions with "no vars" or "no subs". See "Pragmatic Modules" in perlmodlib and "strict subs" in strict. perl v5.6.1 2001-03-03 subs(s)