Some of the suggestions already made may be better, but if you really must inline a module, some more work will be required. Also note that Exporter will not work in an inlined module.

Basically, you can write a program with an inline OO module/class by putting its package into a BEGIN block. Copying an existing module into a BEGIN block should work with appropriate code adjustments. YMMV and you will need to experiment a bit.

#!/usr/bin/perl

use mymodules::foo; # Remove this line

   # main program here

exit;

# copy your modules into BEGIN blocks
# be prepared to tweak & debug

BEGIN{

    package mymodules::foo;

    sub new { ... }

    sub bar { ... }
    
    etc ...
}
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