Ovid@OT-D1 ~ $ perl -e '$x=bless{}, "Foo";$x->import;print "Defined" if defined &Foo::import' Ovid@OT-D1 ~ $ perl -e 'print "Defined" if defined &UNIVERSAL::isa' Defined #### $ perl -e '$x=bless{}, "Foo";$x->import;$x->no_way' Can't locate object method "no_way" via package "Foo" (perhaps you forgot to load "Foo"?) at -e line 1.