Interesting. I was just trying to use that a couple of days ago. It didn't work on the several platforms I tried, though I rarely have 5.8 or later to use anywhere: 

 $ perl -e "Lie->Pkg::Meth()"
Can't locate object method "Meth" via package "Pkg::Meth" at -e line 1
+.
 $

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Notice it tried to look for Pkg::Meth::Meth() not Pkg::Meth().

No, I haven't looked any further. It was easy enough to work around, either as you noted or, better, using can(). And, no, it didn't work with a blessed object any better than it did with a class name.

Update: The two copies of Perl I have handy right now are both 5.6.1 (Zaurus Linux and FreeBSD) and they both have this bug.

- tye        

In reply to Re: $object->UnrelatedPackage::some_subroutine() (not for me) by tye
in thread $object->UnrelatedPackage::some_subroutine() by Thilosophy

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