You made things more complicated than they need to be. Try this:
#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
sub prefix_later {
my ($just_once, $and_later) = @_;
my $ct = 0;
return sub {
$and_later->(@_) if $ct++;
$just_once->(@_);
}
}
my $hi_mom = prefix_later(
sub { print "You said: ", shift, "\n"; },
sub { print "You've already said: ", shift, "!\n"; }
);
$hi_mom->("hi mom") for 1..3;
Output:
You said: hi mom
You've already said: hi mom!
You said: hi mom
You've already said: hi mom!
You said: hi mom
Why type more than you need to? And what where you doing with
my (@args) = shift();?