in reply to The Very::Long::Class::Name problem

use Very::Long::Class::Name; my $Name = "Very::Long::Class::Name"; my $obj = $Name->new; my $result = $Name->other_class_method.

------
We are the carpenters and bricklayers of the Information Age.

The idea is a little like C++ templates, except not quite so brain-meltingly complicated. -- TheDamian, Exegesis 6

... strings and arrays will suffice. As they are easily available as native data types in any sane language, ... - blokhead, speaking on evolutionary algorithms

Please remember that I'm crufty and crochety. All opinions are purely mine and all code is untested, unless otherwise specified.