if we'll see into perlref.pod and search for substring {CODE} and read around a bit, then we'll calmly understand that we're able to do following trick: 
use strict;

package main;

sub AUTOLOAD {
  return 'old-main-autoload';
}

package mypackage;

# let's capture that ::AUTOLOAD
my $aasub = *{$::{AUTOLOAD}}{CODE};

# now let's, as we decided earlier, have it overloaded
*::AUTOLOAD = sub {
  # here how we overload it:
  print "do first\n";
  #call old one and print that returned value inside '[]'
  print '[', $aasub->(), "]\n";
  print "do last\n";
};

package main; # again

flurfish_sub();

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in my case output is 
do first
[old-main-autoload]
do last

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But my personal advice - you're moving to C-like area or even assembler code catching area when you will really soon will complicate logic.
I think when you will see that code in your program then it is a good signal to redesign your code.
:)

Best wishes,
Vadim.

In reply to Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: autoload and packages by svad
in thread AUTOLOAD and packages by smackdab

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