note 2teez <p> Just a cent addition to what has been said: <br> Please, you <b>don't EXPORT</b> any subroutine from module that is written to be OO.<br> So, your usage should be: <code>package First; use Params::Validate qw(validate :types); sub new{ ... } ... </code> And to use the module, then you use <code> use strict; use warnings; use First; ... </code> check these: [doc://perlmod], [doc://perlmodlib], etc </p> <!-- Node text goes above. Div tags should contain sig only --> <div class="pmsig"><div class="pmsig-918402"> If you tell me, I'll forget.<br> If you show me, I'll remember.<br> if you involve me, I'll understand.<br> --- Author [unknown to me] </div></div> 996852 996852