Good question where it's documented, but yes, it is possible, although it warns:

use warnings;
use strict;
use diagnostics;

sub foo { last if /e/; next if /c/; redo if s/b/B/ }

my @x = qw/a b c d e f/;
for (@x) {
    foo;
    print "$_\n";
}

__END__
a
Exiting subroutine via redo at test.pl line 6 (#1)
    (W exiting) You are exiting a subroutine by unconventional means, 
+such
    as a goto, or a loop control statement.
    
B
Exiting subroutine via next at test.pl line 6 (#1)
d
Exiting subroutine via last at test.pl line 6 (#1)
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Update: See also e.g. Exiting subroutine via next

Here is related bug and devs discussion.

Provided the target label is set it's possible to goto out of a sub into a scope in the dynamic caller chain. (One use case is to short circuit leaving a recursion, without needing to step thru hundreds of returns*)

So this behavior doesn't surprise me. (Though I would have expected to see a label)

My bet is the documentation is wrong or badly worded or at least outdated.

update

*) demo

use strict;
use warnings;
use 5.12.0;


sub count_down {
   my ($a)=@_;
   say --$a;
   goto EXIT unless $a;
   count_down($a)
}


count_down(10);

say "never reached";

EXIT:
say "byebye";
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9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
byebye
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I suspect, after realizing the author of the post, that this is research for either the IntelliJ Perl plugin, or the associated IDE debug CPAN integration.

Kudos hurricup, you've done a spectacular job, and I must admit, that you've allowed me to streamline my C, C++, C#, Python and Perl programming tremendously by authoring your software.

Please keep up keeping up on such wonderful work.

(I normally don't praise anyone so loudly, but definitely ++).

Thankfully you've come to the best of places to get feedback on such research.

-stevieb

Yes, it is for new inspection in the plugin and thank you, glad that plugin helps!

Any one of my CPAN distributions I've added or edited within the last two-or-so years have been worked on wholly or at least partially using your plugin, and I've even gone as far as to have acquired a JetBrains Open Source license for their entire software suite thanks to the integration of Perl with their tools. (I just recently (February) received my second consecutive one-year-term OS license from them).

The Open Source license is technically assigned to my berrybrew work, but if it weren't for your dedication to the IntelliJ platform, even though I use PyCharm professional for $work, I wouldn't even have learned about their Open Source dedication.

Thanks again hurricup.