use strict; use warnings; package X::Y::Z::my; # sub package sub xyz {warn "xyz called" } package Y::Y::Z; BEGIN { *::my:: = *X::Y::Z::my:: ; # alias sub package to my:: } # END { # delete alias at file's end # delete $::{"my::"}; # } my::xyz(); BEGIN { # delete alias here for demo delete $::{"my::"}; } package Other; my::xyz(); # fails alias already gone #### C:/Perl_524/bin\perl.exe d:/exp/local_package.pl xyz called at d:/exp/local_package.pl line 6. Undefined subroutine &my::xyz called at d:/exp/local_package.pl line 30.