If you've got a recent enough version of perl (5.7+ IIRC) then you can use some B magic to access END blocks e.g

use B;

sub B::exec_ENDs {
  my $pkg = caller;

  $_->object_2svref->()
    for grep { $_->GV->STASH->NAME eq $pkg } B::end_av->ARRAY;
}

{
  package foo;

  sub pretend_to_leave {
    B->exec_ENDs();
    print "I'll go get my coat ...\n";
  }

  END { print "... another END block\n"   }
  END { print "foo: this will be followed by " }
}

foo->pretend_to_leave();

END { print "main: Right, I'm outta here\n" }

__output__

foo: this will be followed by ... another END block
I'll go get my coat ...
main: Right, I'm outta here
foo: this will be followed by ... another END block
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So there I've created a subroutine (that I've snuck into B) that will execute the END blocks for the current package.

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