#---Sample.pm--- package Sample; use warnings; use strict; use overload( '+' => \&add, fallback => 1, ); sub TIESCALAR { my $class = shift; my $self = { data => [@_], }; bless( $self, $class ); return $self; } sub add { $_ .= $_[1] foreach( @{$_[0]->{data}} ); } sub STORE { @{$_[0]->{data}} = (ref( $_[1] ) eq 'ARRAY') ? @{$_[1]}: ($_[1]); } sub FETCH { return $_[0]; } 1; #---------------