use Object::MultiType ; my $scalar = 'abc' ; local(\*GLOB) ; tie(*GLOB => 'TieGlobPack') ; my $obj = Object::MultiType->new( scalar => \$scalar , tiearray => 'TieArrayPack' tiehash => 'TieHashPack' code => sub{ return("I'm a sub ref!") ; } glob => \*GLOB , ) ; print "Me as scalar: $obj\n" ; my $array_1 = $obj->[1] ; my $hash_B = $obj->{B} ; while( <$obj> ) { print $obj "$_\n" ; } &$obj(args) ;