use strict; use warnings; package Foo; use constant X => 100; sub new { bless([], $_[0]); } package Goo; our @ISA=qw(Foo); use constant X => 200; sub new { bless([], $_[0]); } package MeToo; our @ISA=qw(Foo); sub X { print "Hello World\n"; } my $oFoo = Foo->new(); my $oGoo = Goo->new(); my $oMeToo = MeToo->new(); print "$oFoo -> X = ", $oFoo->X, "\n"; print "$oGoo -> X = ", $oGoo->X, "\n"; $oMeToo->X(); #outputs Foo=ARRAY(0x8218ed0) -> X = 100 Goo=ARRAY(0x8218f10) -> X = 200 Hello World