#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; { package MyObject::Base; sub NEXT { my ($self, @args) = @_; my ($package, $filename, $subroutine); my $i = 1; ($package, $filename, undef, $subroutine) = caller($i); while ($subroutine eq '(eval)' || $filename eq '(eval)') { ($package, $filename, undef, $subroutine) = caller(++$i); } print "NEXT was called from : $subroutine\n"; } package MyObject; our @ISA = ('MyObject::Base'); sub compile1 { (shift)->NEXT(@_) } sub compile2 { eval { (shift)->NEXT(@_) } } sub compile3 { eval { eval { (shift)->NEXT(@_) } } } sub compile4 { my $self = shift; eval '$self->NEXT(@_)' } sub compile5 { my $self = shift; eval 'eval "$self->NEXT(\@_)"' } sub compile6 { my $self = shift; eval { eval { eval { eval 'eval { eval "\$self->NEXT(\@_)" }' } } } } } MyObject->compile1(); MyObject->compile2(); MyObject->compile3(); MyObject->compile4(); MyObject->compile5(); MyObject->compile6(); __OUTPUT__ NEXT was called from : MyObject::compile1 NEXT was called from : MyObject::compile2 NEXT was called from : MyObject::compile3 NEXT was called from : MyObject::compile4 NEXT was called from : MyObject::compile5 NEXT was called from : MyObject::compile6