#!/usr/local/bin/perl -w use strict; use Data::Dumper; my $x = bless {}, 'Foo'; print Dumper(\%Foo::); $x->import(qw(:blah foo whatever 123)); print Dumper(\%Foo::); $x->almost_any_method_besides_import(qw(:blah foo whatever 123)); print Dumper(\%Foo::); #### $VAR1 = {}; $VAR1 = { 'import' => *Foo::import }; Can't locate object method "almost_any_method_besides_import" via package "Foo"\ at test.pl line 9.