package Foo; sub sort($&) { my ($self, $cmp) = @_; ... my @sorted = sort $cmp @list; <-- sort compiled in one package ... } package Bar; Foo->sort({ $a cmp $b }); <-- Sub compiled in another #### package Foo; sub sort($&) { my ($self, $cmp) = @_; ... my $caller = caller; my @sorted = eval("package $caller; sort \$cmp \@list"); die $@ if $@; ... }