Sub::Current makes available a function ROUTINE(), that returns a code reference pointing at the currently executing subroutine. In a special block (BEGIN, END, CHECK, INIT, and UNITCHECK in Perl 5.10) this function will return undef. Outside of a special block (that is, at the top level of a program) ROUTINE() will return undef as well. WWW: http://search.cpan.org/dist/Sub-Current/