... adding the backslash before the &usage().
I'm sure you understand this, but just in case...
Just adding a backslash in front of a subroutine invocation will cause a reference to be taken to whatever the subroutine happens to return when invoked.
c:\@Work\Perl\monks>perl -wMstrict -MData::Dump -le
"sub S { return uc $_[0]; }
;;
my %hash = ( 'x' => \&S('foo'), 'y' => \S('bar') );
dd \%hash;
"
{ x => \"FOO", y => \"BAR" }
Of course, the correct expression for assigning a code reference to a hash key would be
'help' => \&usage,
(Also, it's better practice to invoke subroutines without the & sigil due to certain occasional, unexpected side-effects. So rather than
my $x = &function('argument', 'list');
it's better to write
my $x = function('argument', 'list');
instead, thus preserving use of & for taking code references and for those odd function invocation cases in which its use is critical. See perlsub.)
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