Ignoring the mistake which you have since fixed, posting a runnable example of your problem is invaluable. At best we can extrapolate what we *thin* you code might look like in a runable form, and try that -- in my case, it works fine... 

#!/bin/perl -l

use warnings;
use strict;

package Bar;
sub new {
    print STDERR "Bar'ed";
    my $class = shift;
    my $self  = {};
    bless $self, $class;
}

package Foo;

use base qw/Bar/;
sub new {
    print STDERR "Foo'ed";
    my $class = shift;
    my $self  = $class->SUPER::new(@_);
    bless $self, $class;
    return $self;
}

my $foo = Foo->new;
print ref($foo);   # gives "Foo"

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...Produces... 

hossman@bester:~$ perl ~/tmp/monk.pl
Foo'ed
Bar'ed
Foo

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In reply to Re: Duh. What am I missing about inherited constructors? by hossman
in thread Duh. What am I missing about inherited constructors? by locked_user sundialsvc4

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