sub working { my @a = (1); grep { print "grep\n"; return 'leave' } @a; print "Still here #1\n"; } working; __DATA__ grep #### sub mygrep (&@) { my $code = shift; my @result; foreach $_ (@_) { push(@result, $_) if &$code; } @result; } sub notworking { my @a = (1); mygrep { print "mygrep\n"; return 'leave' } @a; print "Still here #2\n"; } notworking; __DATA__ mygrep Still here #2