You have just enlightened me! I spend a few hours chewing through your example, and researching the why and how in the context I'm using it. I have my code switched over to an iteration of this, and I'm just trying to work out one last kink of it. What would I need to do to use the above examples packages with a main that looks like this? 
package main;

my $test = Top->new(passed1=>'this is shared');
my $one  = Top::Extend1->new();
my $two  = Top::Extend2->new();

$test->doPrint();
$one->doPrint();
$two->doPrint();

print "Extra test: $test->{passed1}\n";
print "Extra one: $one->{passed1}\n";
print "Extra two: $two->{passed1}\n";

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And have the result say "this is shared" for each Extra Test. I think with that nugget of knowledge I should be able to tie the rest of my questions up on my own. Thanks again for the great response!

In reply to Re^2: Inheritance automation help by natelewis
in thread Inheritance automation help by natelewis

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