package p1; my $var1 = 'var1-p1'; sub new { my $class = ref $_[0] ? ref shift : shift; my $self = {}; bless $self, $class; return $self; } sub get_var1 { return $var1; } 1; #### package p2; use p1; our @ISA=qw(p1); sub set_var1 { my $self = shift; my $new_var1 = shift; $var1 = $new_var1; return $var1; } 1; #### use p2; my $obj = p2->new(); say $obj->get_var1() . "\n"; say $obj->set_var1('changed') . "\n"; say $obj->get_var1() . "\n" #### var-p1 changed changed