Yes, it means the thing to the left, or the package the thing on the left is blessed into 

 
$ perl -MCGI -le " print CGI->new "
CGI=HASH(0x3f8c8c)

$ perl -MCGI -le " print ref( CGI->new ) "
CGI

$ perl -MCGI -le " print CGI->new->can(q/SUPER::VERSION/) "
CODE(0x3f8e5c)

$ perl -MCGI -MSub::Identify=:all -le " print sub_fullname( CGI->new->
+can(q/SUPER::VERSION/) ) "
UNIVERSAL::VERSION

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These two might be easier to digest (or reference) https://metacpan.org/module/DROLSKY/perl-5.15.6/pod/perlootut.pod, Modern Perl

In reply to Re^5: How to get a reference to a superclass method? by Anonymous Monk
in thread How to get a reference to a superclass method? by mcdave

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