What happened when you tried it? 

use strict;

package Foo;

sub new { my( $c, $v ) = @_; return bless { val => $v }, $c; }

sub wubble { print "Wubble: ", shift()->{'val'}, "\n"; };

package main;

my $f = Foo->new( "abc" );

$f->wubble;

eval { $f->flop; };
if( $@ ) {
  print "Problem: $@\n";
}

eval q{sub Foo::flop { print "Flop: ", scalar reverse( shift()->{'val'
+} ), "\n"; }};

eval { $f->flop; };
if( $@ ) {
  print "Problem: $@\n";
}

exit 0;

__END__
Wubble: abc
Problem: Can't locate object method "flop" via package "Foo" at /tmp/s
+quonk line 15.

Flop: cba

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(Of course if you're serious then Moose and Class::MOP would be less hacky ways to do it.)

The cake is a lie.
The cake is a lie.
The cake is a lie.

In reply to Re: Can I add methods to an existing object? by Fletch
in thread Can I add methods to an existing object? by pileofrogs

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