>perl -wMstrict -le "{ package Base; ;; sub new { my $class = shift; return bless({} => $class)->init(@_); } ;; sub init { my $self = shift; @{ $self->{things} } = (qw(a E d Bee Z cee d C zee E eks), @_); return $self; } ;; sub print { my $self = shift; CORE::print qq{@{ $self->{things}} }; } ;; sub nocase_descending { my $class_obj = shift; return lc($_[1]) cmp lc($_[0]); } ;; } ;; ;; { package Derived; use parent -norequire, qw(Base); ;; sub sort { my $self = shift; return CORE::sort { $self->nocase_descending($a, $b) } @{ $self->{things} } ; } ;; } ;; ;; my $d = Derived->new(qw(SS r QQ p PP q RR s)); ;; $d->print; ;; my @sorted = $d->sort; print qq{@sorted}; ;; @sorted = sort @{ $d->{things} }; print qq{@sorted}; ;; print $d; " a E d Bee Z cee d C zee E eks SS r QQ p PP q RR s zee Z SS s RR r QQ q PP p eks E E d d cee C Bee a Bee C E E PP QQ RR SS Z a cee d d eks p q r s zee Derived=HASH(0x1e931f4)