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Let us assume I have a class that manufactures methods, like so: 

package Maker;

sub make {
    my $pkg = caller;
    my $sub = sub {
        my $self = shift;
        print "w00t\n";
        $self->SUPER::go;
    };

    no strict 'refs';
    *{ $pkg . '::go' } = $sub;
}

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And let us further assume I have parent and child classes like this: 

package Foo;

sub go { print 42; }

package Bar;

use base 'Foo';

sub new { return bless { }, $_[0] }

Maker->make;

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And let us even further assume that I have a script like this: 

package main;

my $o = Bar->new;
$o->go;

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Which when run, produces: 

w00t
Can't locate object method "go" via package "Maker" at mm.pl line 11.

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So SUPER is looking for the parent class of Maker, not Bar. That makes sense, since Maker is the package in which it was compiled, but I want it to work for the package where it is installed. Preferably, I would like to do this without resorting to a string eval, if it's possible. Any ideas?

In reply to Getting SUPER to DWIM by friedo

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