#!/usr/bin/perl # http://perlmonks.org/?node_id=1203952 use strict; use warnings; # Callback functions --------------------------------------- sub first::callback { my $z = pop; print "in first_callback, z=$z\n"; return 1; } sub last::callback { my $z = pop; print "in last_callback, z=$z\n"; return 2; } sub UNIVERSAL::callback { -1 } # Implementation of dispatch table ------------------------- # (You need to write this code) #my %op_table = ( first => \&first_callback, # last => \&last_callback, # ); sub invoker { my ($name, $z) = @_; $name->callback($z); } # Main program for testing --------------------------------- for my $name ( "first", "last", "fred" ) { my $rc = invoker( $name, $name . '-arg' ); print "$name: rc=$rc\n"; }