I almost have a working example with overload, but i can't get it to work - wantarray is being fussy with me. The problem with overload though, is that you cannot define some new token such as /% - you have to use an existing one. This should get you started, but like i said, it doesn't work. I have provided a subroutine at the bottom that does work, i would appreciate it if someone could tell me what i did wrong. I chose * as the overloaded operator just to show that the overload sub is being called, i originally used % 
package mod;
use strict;

use overload '*' => sub {
   my $div = int(${$_[0]} / ${$_[1]});
   my $mod = ${$_[0]} % ${$_[1]};
   return wantarray ? ($div,$mod) : $mod;
};

sub new {
   my ($class,$val) = @_;
   return bless \$val, $class;
}

package main;
use strict;

my $i = mod->new(90);
my $j = mod->new(60);

my @x = $i * $j;
my $x = $i * $j;
print "@x\n";
print "$x\n";

my @y = mod(90,60);
my $y = mod(90,60);
print "@y\n";
print "$y\n";

sub mod {
   my $div = int($_[0] / $_[1]);
   my $mod = $_[0] % $_[1];
   return wantarray ? ($div,$mod) : $mod;
};

__END__
yields:
30      <-- this should be 1 30
30
1 30
30

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jeffa

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In reply to (jeffa) Re: A better mod (%) operator? by jeffa
in thread A better mod (%) operator? by BrowserUk

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