#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; { package DemoA; sub new { my $class=shift; my $self=bless {},$class; return $self; } sub hello { my $self=shift; print $self->message(),"\n"; } sub message { my $self=shift; return 'Hello World'; } }; { package DemoB; use parent -norequire => 'DemoA'; sub message { my $self=shift; return 'Shalom'; } }; my $obja=DemoA->new(); $obja->hello(); # writes "Hello World" my $objb=DemoB->new(); $objb->hello(); # writes "Shalom" #### sub new { my $class=shift; my $self=$class->SUPER::new(@_); $self->{'x'}='y'; return $self; }