$x = 'main'; Foo::talk(); package Bar; $x = 'Bar'; Foo::talk(); package Foo; sub talk { my ( $package, $filename, $line ) = caller; print "Calling package is '$package'\n"; printf "Caller's \$x is: '%s'\n", ${ $package . '::x' }; } __END__ Calling package is 'main' Caller's $x is: 'main' Calling package is 'Bar' Caller's $x is: 'Bar'