# httpd.conf
    # 
    # Amongst other things that would normally be in the
    # configuration

    # Using PerlModule directive would work fine, 
    # commented here to try and be a bit more clear
    # PerlModule       Some::Module

    # The module will die in compilation, but mod_perl
    # doesn't seem to care at all
    ChildInitHandler Some::Module

    # lib/Some/Module.pm
    package Some::Module;

    use strict;
    use warnings;

    # Follow this chain here, the problem isn't 
    # truly within the handler, just when a module
    # is bound to an event handler
    use Another::Module::Bar; 

    sub handler {
        1;
    }
    1;

    # lib/Another/Module.pm
    package Another::Module;

    use strict;
    use warnings;

    sub new { bless {}, shift }

    sub override_me {
        print q/Not overridden/;
    }

    # lib/Another/Module/Bar.pm
    package Another::Module::Bar;

    use strict;
    use warnings;
    
    # The usage of the base module works fine
    # where the 'Another::Module' module's
    # method stash has successfully been attached
    # to this module
    use base qw( Another::Module );

    die( q/This is an example of death from Perl/ );

    sub override_me {
        print q/Now it has been overridden/;
    }
    1;