use Devel::StackTrace; sub calling_object { my $t = Devel::StackTrace->new; my $f; $f = $t->next_frame for (1..4); ($f->args)[0] } sub e { my $x = shift; print "x = $x\n"; d('humma'); } sub d { print "I was called by object ", calling_object(), "\n"; } e('a', 'b', 'c');