sub ModName::TIESCALAR { my $class = shift; my $self; return bless(\$self, $class); } sub ModName::FETCH { } tie my $src, 'ModName'; print(tied($src) ? 'tied' : 'not tied', "\n"); # tied my $dst = $src; print(tied($dst) ? 'tied' : 'not tied', "\n"); # not tied