package aaa; use constant HELLO=> 'world'; use constant PUNCTUATION=> '!'; sub new { #std constructor here } package bbb; our @ISA= qw( aaa ); use constant HELLO=> 'universe'; package main; my $a= aaa->new(); my $b= bbb->new(); print "\n Hello " . $a->HELLO . $a->PUNCTUATION ; print "\n Hello " . $b->HELLO . $b->PUNCTUATION ;