The hard way is to look inside %:: (or %main:: if you prefer) for keys ending in ::. Let's say that the only package that has been loaded is A::B::C. Look inside %main:: and you will see a variety of things, including a key "A::". This tells you that something has been loaded into the package A. Next you should look at @A::ISA to see if A inherits from your class. Then you look inside %A:: and you will find a key "B::", again check @A::B::ISA, finally you look inside %A::B:: and you will find a key "C::" so check @A::B::C::ISA. When you look inside %A::B::C:: you don't find any keys ending in :: so you're done.

Code would look a little like 

check_pkg("::");

sub check_pkg
{
  my $pkg = shift;

  # ::main:: and :: are the same and we don't want an inifinite loop  
  return if $pkg eq "::main::"; 

  foreach my $sub_pkg (grep /::$/, keys %{$pkg})
  {
    my $full_pkg = "$pkg$sub_pkg";
    print "checking $full_pkg\n";
    print "$full_pkg inherits\n" if check_isa($full_pkg);
    check_pkg($full_pkg);
  }
}

sub check_isa
{
  # check @{$pkg."::ISA"} to see if it inherits
}

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The easy way is to use a module to help with this, I thought there was one but I can't find it!

Update: as an aumsement, here's a version that doesn't use recursion 

my @to_check = ("::");

while (my $pkg = pop @to_check)
{
  next if $pkg eq "::main::"; # because ::main:: and :: are the same
  foreach my $sub_pkg (grep /::$/, keys %{$pkg})
  {
    my $full_pkg = "$pkg$sub_pkg";
    print "checking $full_pkg\n";
    print "$full_pkg inherits\n" if check_isa($full_pkg);
    push(@to_check, $full_pkg);
  }
}

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In reply to Re: Finding classes which are inherited from a given class by fergal
in thread Finding classes which are inherited from a given class by sutch

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