bless do { my %self = (%{Colour->new($colour)}, %{Age->new($age)}); \%self }, $class; #### package Colour { use Scalar::Util 'refaddr'; my %colour; sub new { my $o = bless \do{my $var}, $_[0]; $colour{refaddr $o} = $_[1]; $o; } sub colour {$colour{refaddr $_[0]}} }; package Age { use Scalar::Util 'refaddr'; my %age; sub new { my $o = bless \do{my $var}, $_[0]; $age{refaddr $o} = $_[1]; $o; } sub age {$age{refaddr $_[0]}} }; package Colour_and_Age { our @ISA = qw[Age Colour]; use Scalar::Util 'refaddr'; sub new { my ($class, $colour, $age) = @_; ... Now what? ... } } #### use Scalar::Util 'refaddr'; package Colour { use Scalar::Util 'refaddr'; my %colour; sub new {bless \do{my $var}, $_[0]} sub init {$colour{refaddr $_[0]} = $_[1]; $_[0]} sub colour {$colour{refaddr $_[0]}} }; package Age { use Scalar::Util 'refaddr'; my %age; sub new {bless \do{my $var}, $_[0]} sub init {$age{refaddr $_[0]} = $_[1]; $_[0]} sub age {$age{refaddr $_[0]}} }; #### package Colour_and_Age { use Scalar::Util 'refaddr'; our @ISA = qw[Age Colour]; sub new {bless \do{my $var}, $_[0]} sub init ( my ($self, $colour, $age) = @_; $self->Colour::init($colour); $self->Age::init($age); $self; } }; my $o = Colour_and_Age::->new->init(red => 42);