use 5.010; package Bar; sub new { say "Bar!"; []; } package Foo; use base qw/Bar/; sub new { my $class = shift; say "Foo!"; my $self = $class->SUPER::new(@_); bless $self, $class; return $self; } package main; my $bletch = Foo->new; say ref($bletch); __END__ Foo! Bar! Foo