use strict; use warnings; use 5.012; ############## { package Point; use Moose; # automatically turns on strict and warnings has 'x' => (is => 'rw', isa => 'Int'); has 'y' => (is => 'rw', isa => 'Int'); use overload '""' => \&_stringify; sub _stringify { state $count; my ($rhs, $_lhs, $swap) = @_; $count++; if ($count < 2) { return $rhs; } else { return D->new; } } } ################ { package Point3D; use Moose; extends 'Point'; has 'z' => (is => 'rw', isa => 'Int'); } ############### { package D; use Moose; use overload '""' => sub { my $class = ref shift; return "$class|hello" }; } ############### my $p3d = Point3D->new(x=>10, y=>20); say "$p3d"; say $p3d->_stringify; --output:-- Point3D=HASH(0x100bc5078) D|hello