Dear Monks,
as you can see in the following script, if I use the whole package name I can get an object method reference. Is it possible to achieve the same functionality with __PACKAGE__? Something like the commented line in foobar, which doesn't work...
Thanks! 
package Very::Long::Name;

sub new {
    my $self  = {};
    bless($self);
    return $self;
}

sub foo {
    return "hello\n";
}

sub bar {
    my ($self, $subref) = @_;
    return $self->$subref();
}

sub foobar {
    my $self = shift;
    return $self->bar(\&Very::Long::Name::foo);
#    return $self->bar(\&__PACKAGE__::foo);  # this gives me error
}

package Main;

my $obj = Very::Long::Name->new();
print $obj->foobar();

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