Why yes, in fact I did try it. I got undef every time, for many variations of your code... It seems you're 100% right, but I couldn't get it to work without copying D::ST directly like this: 
sub calling_object {
 my @a = do { package DB; @DB::args = (); caller(2); };

 $DB::args[0];
}

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It definitely doesn't work for me the way you had it.

Oh, I got it. After much fiddling, it's the scalar context. The trick does not work when you $foo=caller(2); Must be ($foo) = caller(2); or caller() doesn't populate args. I can't tell if you changed it to @foo or if I transcribed it wrong, but my original cut and paste had $foo = caller(2).

Also, in my previous post, I had assumed $DB::args was pure black magic. I had no idea it was documented grey magic.

-Paul

In reply to Re^5: Identify the package a subroutine is being called from by jettero
in thread Identify the package a subroutine is being called from by Herkum

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