use strict; print "$_: $INC{$_}\n" for keys %INC; __END__ strict.pm: /usr/share/perl/5.10/strict.pm #### use strict; use warnings; BEGIN { package Foo; sub new { bless {}, $_[0] } sub ima { "I'm a '", ref $_[0], "' object\n" } $INC{'Foo.pm'} = "Anything at all. It really doesn't matter"; } use Foo; my $F = Foo->new; print $F->ima, "\n"; __END__ I'm a 'Foo' object