package Utils; ...; use List::MoreUtils (); # note empty optional import list ...; ...; sub uniq { my $self = shift; # fully qualify List::MoreUtils function my @result = List::MoreUtils::uniq @{ $self->list }; wantarray ? @result : scalar @result; } ... 1; # And the script: ... use Karl; ... ... my $uniq = $nose->uniq; ...