subs - Perl pragma to predeclare sub names
- use subs qw(frob);
- frob 3..10;
This will predeclare all the subroutine whose names are in the list, allowing you to use them without parentheses even before they're declared.
Unlike pragmas that affect the $^H
 hints variable, the use vars
 and
use subs
 declarations are not BLOCK-scoped.  They are thus effective
for the entire package in which they appear.  You may not rescind such
declarations with no vars
 or no subs
.
See Pragmatic Modules in perlmodlib and strict subs in strict.