sub log_it { state $fh = do { open my $x, '>>', 'mylog.txt'; $x }; my $message = shift; my $timestamp = time; print $fh $timestamp . ": " . $message . "\n"; } #### { package Logger; use Any::Mo; has handle => (is => 'ro'); sub log_it { my ($self, $message) = @_; my $timestamp = time; print {$self->handle} $timestamp . ": " . $message . "\n"; } } my $logger = Logger->new(handle => $fh); $logger->log_it("Hello"); $logger->log_it("World"); #### { package Logger; use Any::Mo; use overload '&{}' => sub { my $self = shift; return sub { $self->log_it(@_) }; }; has handle => (is => 'ro'); sub log_it { my ($self, $message) = @_; my $timestamp = time; print {$self->handle} $timestamp . ": " . $message . "\n"; } } my $logger = Logger->new(handle => $fh); $logger->("Hello"); $logger->("World");