pl@nereida:~/LEyapp/examples$ cat localwithlocal3.pl #!/usr/local/bin/perl -w use strict; { package Tutu; my $_tutu = sub { my $self = shift; "Inside tutu. My class is ".ref($self)."\n" }; sub plim { my $self = shift; print "plim can access _tutu as a private method:\n" .$self->$_tutu; } sub new { bless {}, $_[0]; } } package main; my $obj = Tutu->new(); $obj->plim();