> What is the "#/+" for? I am sure this is not necessary for the behavior described. It's just a comment. BTW: I am working for a company still maintaining a

> What is the "#/+" for? I am sure this is not necessary for the behavior described. It's just a comment. BTW: I am working for a company still maintaining a large Perl code base and I think this is rather obscure stuff. You rarely need to run something at compile time, hack the symbol table and you almost never need "sub() {}" to define subroutines with an empty "prototype". If I saw this in a code review I would most definitely had a closer look and would decline a PR if that was unnecessary. Meta programming should not be done lightheartedly and better serves a serious purpose.