#!/usr/bin/perl use warnings; use strict; use feature qw{ say }; { package Car; my $count; sub new { my ($class, $name, $price) = @_; my $self = {name => $name, price => $price, speed => 0}; say 'Object car being created:'; say "Name: $name"; say "Price: $price\n"; ++$count; return bless $self, $class } sub speed_up { my ($self, $acc) = @_; return $self->{speed} += $acc } sub slow_down { my ($self, $acc) = @_; return $self->{speed} -= $acc } sub DESTROY { say 'Scrap!'; --$count } sub count { return $count } } { package Car::GeneralMotors::Firebird; use parent -norequire => 'Car'; sub new { my ($class, $price) = @_; $class->SUPER::new('General Motors Firebird', $price); } } my @cars; for (1 .. 10) { push @cars, 'Car'->new('Peel P50', 176_000); } splice @cars, 0, 5; say 'Car'->count; say 'It works for subclasses, too:'; my $f = 'Car::GeneralMotors::Firebird'->new(200_000); say 'Car'->count; undef $f; say 'Car'->count;