package Foo; sub _init { shift->{foo} = 1 } sub new { my $class = shift; my $self = bless {}, $class; _init($self); $self; } package Bar; use base qw(Foo); sub _init { shift->{bar} = 2 } sub new { my $class = shift; my $self = $class->SUPER::new; _init($self); $self; } #### package Foo; sub _init { shift->{foo} = 1 } sub new { my $class = shift; my $self = bless {}, $class; $self->Foo::_init; $self; } package Bar; use base qw(Foo); sub _init { shift->{bar} = 2 } sub new { my $class = shift; my $self = $class->SUPER::new; $self->Bar::_init; $self; } #### package main; use Data::Dumper; print Dumper(Bar->new); __END__ $VAR1 = bless( { 'bar' => 2, 'foo' => 1 }, 'Bar' );