package Foo1; use strict; sub bar { print "Hello (FIRST Param=$_[0]) (Second-param=$_[1])\n"; } 1; #### use strict; use warnings; use Foo1; my $obj = bless {},"Foo1"; $obj->bar( "Instance Method"); # Calling an instance method. # this passes DIFFERENT parameters than the class method. Foo1::bar("Class Method call"); Foo1->bar("Pseudo-method call"); #### Hello (FIRST Param=Foo1=HASH(0xa165818)) (Second-param=Instance Method) Hello (FIRST Param=Class Method call) (Second-param=) Hello (FIRST Param=Foo1) (Second-param=Pseudo-method call)