package Array::Extract; my $worker_pkg; my $priority = -1; sub import { my ($class, %args) = @_; if (exists $args{priority}) { # Register new implementation if ($args{priority} > $priority) { $worker_pkg = caller; $priority = $args{priority}; } } else { warn "Using $worker_pkg, priority $priority\n"; $class->SUPER::import(ARRAY => $worker_pkg); } } # Worker.pm package Array::Extract::Worker; use Array::Extract priority => 1; # somewhere else use Array::Extract::Worker; # has to be used first use Array::Extract;