package Base;

#use base qw( Carp ); # don't want to do that...
use Carp;

sub new { # do stuff, blah - you know the routine }

package Foo;

use base qw( Base );

# ... no good, don't wanna do '$self->carp'
#sub some_method { my $self = shift; $self->carp("died") }

# would rather just call it normaly, as if it were
# use'd directly from within this package:
sub some_method { my $self = shift; carp "died" }


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#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;

use MyLibs::ForSome::Particular::Thing;

# ugh!
#my $fubar = MyLibs::ForSome::Particular::Thing->new()

# how about:
my $fubar = Thing->new();  # ???