use strict; use warnings; use Devel::Cycle; package A; sub new { my ( $class, $href ) = @_; my $self = { dbi => $$href{dbi} }; $self->{helper} = Helper->new( helper_function => sub { $self->this_is_from_A(@_) } ); bless $self, $class; } sub do_something { my $self = shift; $self->{helper}->called_from_helper(); } sub this_is_from_A { my ( $self, $arg ) = @_; print "$arg\nthis_is_from_A using $self->{dbi}\n"; } package Helper; #use Scalar::Util qw/weaken/; sub new { my $class = shift; my %def = ( a => "something" ); my %arg = ( ref $_[0] eq "HASH" ? ( %def, %{ $_[0] } ) : ( %def, @_ ) ); my $self = \%arg; bless $self, $class; } sub called_from_helper { my $self = shift; print "called_from_helper\n"; $self->{helper_function}->("param from Helper"); #weaken($self->{helper_function}); } package main; my $a = A->new( { dbi => "some dbi object" } ); $a->do_something(); $a->do_something(); find_cycle($a);