package My; use fields qw(bar); sub new { return fields::new(shift) } 1; #### package Foo; use fields qw(foo); sub new { return fields::new(shift) } 1; #### #!/usr/bin/perl use My; use Foo; use strict; my $bar = []; print "\$bar = $bar\n"; my My $my = $bar; $my->{bar} = 'quux'; print "\$my = $my\n"; print "my bar field: $my->{bar}\n"; print "bar: (",@$bar,")\n"; my $foo = Foo->new(); $foo->{foo} = 'is foo'; print "(1)foo: $foo, foo field = ".$foo->{foo},"\n"; my My $bar = $foo; $bar->{bar} = 'is bar'; print "(2) bar: $bar, bar field = ".$bar->{bar},"\n"; print "(3) foo: $foo, foo field = ".$foo->{foo},"\n"; print "(4) foo: $foo, foo field = ".$foo->{bar},"\n"; __END__ $bar = ARRAY(0x827ac28) $my = ARRAY(0x827ac28) my bar field: quux bar: (quux) (1) foo: Foo=ARRAY(0x827ab44), foo field = is foo (2) bar: Foo=ARRAY(0x827ab44), bar field = is bar (3) foo: Foo=ARRAY(0x827ab44), foo field = is bar No such pseudo-hash field "bar" at my.pl line 25.