use strict; use warnings; package Package1; use Data::Dumper; sub some_other_method { print Dumper @_; } package Package2; our @ISA = 'Package1'; sub some_other_method { die "Shouldn't be called!"; } sub quick_method { return shift->SUPER::some_other_method(@_); } sub new { bless {}, shift; } Package2->new->quick_method( 1, 2, 3 );