This provides a 'meatier' version of caller: caller_cv($level) caller_cv gives you the coderef of the subroutine being invoked at the call frame indicated by the value of $level caller_args($level) Returns the arguments passed into the caller at level $level caller_vars( $level, $names ) =item called_with($level, $names) called_with returns a list of references to the original arguments to the subroutine at $level. if $names is true, the names of the variables will be returned instead constants are returned as undef in both cases called_as_method($level) called_as_method returns true if the subroutine at $level was called as a method.