#!/usr/bin/env perl use 5.012; use warnings; use myDebugger; my $instance = myDebugger::GetInstance(); say ref($instance); $instance->{foo} = 'Persistent'; # Ensure we get same instance my $instance_ref2 = myDebugger::GetInstance(); say ref($instance_ref2); say $instance_ref2->{foo}; #### package myDebugger; use 5.012; use warnings; my $debugger; sub GetInstance { return $debugger //= bless { foo => 'bar' }, 'OLEThingy'; } 1; #### OLEThingy OLEThingy Persistent