use strict; use warnings; use base 'Attribute::Default'; sub f : Default(undef,"xyz") { print("@_\nEND\n"); } f('abc'); # 2nd argument defaults to xyz #### # This is file Co.pm package Co; use strict; use warnings; use base qw(Exporter Attribute::Default); our @EXPORT_OK=qw(f); sub f : Default(undef,"xyz") { print("@_\nEND\n"); } 1; #### # This is file cotest.pl use warnings; use strict; use Co qw(f); f('abc'); #### # This is file Co1.pm package Co1; use strict; use warnings; use Exporter; use Attribute::Default; our @ISA=qw(Exporter Attribute::Default); our @EXPORT_OK=qw(f); sub f : Default(undef,"xyz") { print("@_\nEND\n"); } 1; #### # This is file cotest1.pl use warnings; use strict; use Co qw(f); f('abc'); #### Invalid CODE attribute: Default(undef,"xyz") at Co1.pm #### # This is Co2.pm package Co2; use strict; use warnings; use Exporter; our @ISA=qw(Exporter); use base qw(Attribute::Default); our @EXPORT_OK=qw(f); sub f : Default(undef,"xyz") { print("@_\nEND\n"); } 1; #### use warnings; use strict; use Co2 qw(f); f('abc'); #### Can't locate object method "_ATTR_CODE_Default" via package "Co2"