in reply to Re^4: Perl OO: switch package context.
in thread Perl OO: switch package context.

Ah, my bad. I hadn't even created the package, so can() returned false. I could use your method, but I'll opt for: 
return $class->$new(@_) if $new != \&UNIVERSAL::new;

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