package main; use User::Permissions; use User::Permissions::Node; use User::Permissions::Page; my $up = User::Permissions->new(user_id => 1); my $up_page = User::Permissions::Page->new; warn "can read nodes" if User::Permissions::Node->read; # package call warn "can read pages" if $up_page->read; # object call # ... later ... package Foo; use User::Permissions; use User::Permissions::Baz; my $up = User::Permissions->new(user_id => 1); warn "can write baz" if User::Permissions::Baz->write;