sub map_triples(&@) { my $f = shift; my @res; no strict 'refs'; my $caller = caller; local(*{$caller."::a"}) = \my $a; local(*{$caller."::b"}) = \my $b; local(*{$caller."::c"}) = \my $c; push @res, $f->($a,$b,$c) while ($a, $b, $c) = splice @_, 0, 3; return @res; } use 5.010; use warnings; use strict; our $c; say for map_triples { $a + $b + $c } 1..12;