package Top; sub new { my $class = shift; my $s = bless { }, $class; $s->{bottom} = Bottom->new( $s ); return $s; } #===================================== package Bottom; sub new { my ($class, $top) = @_; return bless { top => $top }, $class; } #===================================== package main; use strict; use warnings 'all'; use Devel::Cycle; my $top = Top->new(); find_cycle( $top );