use BenchWrapper; my $BENCHMARKIT = 1; ... my $bwo = BenchWrapper -> new( $BENCHMARKIT ); ... sub foo { my $t0 = $bwo -> mark; ... my $t1 = $bwo -> mark; ... } ... package BenchWrapper; use Benchmark; sub new { bless { BENCHMARKIT => shift() }; } sub mark { $_[0] -> { BENCHMARKIT } and return Benchmark -> new; } 1;