----------- package Baz; use base qw(Foo Bar); #### BEGIN { require Foo; require Bar; push @ISA, qw(Foo Bar); } ---------- #### ---------- ### File A.pm package A; sub import { warn "A imported"; } ---------- ### File X.pm package X; use base qw(A); sub import { warn "X imported"; } ---------- ### File Y.pm package Y; use A; use base qw(A); sub import { warn "Y imported"; } ----------- ### File Z.pm package Z; use A; @ISA = qw(A); sub import { warn "Z imported"; } ---------- #### bash$ perl -e 'use X' import X at X.pm line 7. bash$ perl -e 'use Y' import A at A.pm line 5. import Y at Y.pm line 8. bash$ perl -e 'use Z' import A at A.pm line 5. import Z at Z.pm line 9.