The problem looks to be with your call to new(). When you don't have new() defined in the current name space, and you call 
new class, @args

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Perl guesses that class::new() is defined and tries that. But you havn't given it a class name, you've given it a variable. You might try 
$class->new( @args )

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I've had some luck with that in the past. By the way, 'pointy' is the preferable way to invoke methods on objects and classes, as it eliminates the uncertainty of who's method is being called. Also, make sure that $class has been required, and actually is compiled.

In reply to Re: How to a construct objects with variables as class names? by Adam
in thread How to a construct objects with variables as class names? by joecamel

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