I have asked this question before. However, I have made progress since last time. The basic concept is I have this module, and all its functions are written. However, I want it to return an object of another module with the functionality of my module as well. Damian Conway actually has something like this in his book, but when I use it I get funny errors. So perhaps I am doing something wrong in my module or perhaps I am doing something wrong in my code. Either way, I suspect our monks can tell me which it is. 
## begin mymodule.pm

package OtherModule::MyModule;
use OtherModule;

@OtherModule::MyModule::ISA = qw (OtherModule );

sub new {
  my $self = $_[0] -> SUPER::new(@_[1..$#_]);

  ${ $self -> ${ _count } }--;
  $self -> { _count } = \$_count;
  ${ $self -> ${ _count } }++;

  $self;
}

### begin myscript.pl

use OtherModule;
use OtherModule::MyModule;

our $object = OtherModule::MyModule -> new ( qw( foo bar baz bletch ) 
+);

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the error messages I get that are pertinent are thus (where MP3::Napster is "OtherModule" and OpenNap.pm is "MyModule"): 
Uncaught exception from user code:
        Undefined subroutine MP3::Napster::OpenNap::registry at /usr/l
+ocal/libdata/perl5/site_perl/MP3/Napster/Base.pm line 29
        MP3::Napster::Base::AUTOLOAD('MP3::Napster::OpenNap=HASH(0x39c
+9c)', undef) called at /usr/local/libdata/perl5/site_perl/MP3/Napster
+.pm line 398
        MP3::Napster::disconnect('MP3::Napster::OpenNap=HASH(0x39c9c)'
+) called at /usr/local/libdata/perl5/site_perl/MP3/Napster.pm line 88
        MP3::Napster::new('MP3::Napster::OpenNap', '127.0.0.1:31337') 
+called at /home/alex/conf/lib.perl/MP3/Napster/OpenNap.pm line 76
        MP3::Napster::OpenNap::new('MP3::Napster::OpenNap', '127.0.0.1
+:31337') called at skillz line 24
        main::dacts() called at skillz line 127

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Sorry, im sure that will be wrapped in the ugliest manner possible on most browsers. I gather I am having a problem with something called 'AUTOLOAD'? I'm just not sure how to make it happy. I get the feeling I am very close to being done here.

Thanks again, and sorry if I am repeating myself.

brother dep.

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