package Bling; use strict qw(vars subs); use warnings; # simply put: use Bling; then, whenever your script accesses $$, # it prints 'Bling Bling!!'. my $ref; sub import { unless (defined $ref) { $ref = \${'main::$'}; undef *{'main::$'}; # tramples @$ and %$. I really don't care. tie ${'main::$'}, 'Bling::Bling'; } } sub unimport { if (defined $ref) { untie ${'main::$'}; *{'main::$'} = $ref; undef $ref; } } package Bling::Bling; sub TIESCALAR { bless [], shift; } sub FETCH { local $\; print "Bling Bling!!\n"; $$ref; } 1;