$ perl -d -e 'sub foo { "bar" }; $o = bless {}, "main"' Loading DB routines from perl5db.pl version 1.39_10 Editor support available. Enter h or 'h h' for help, or 'man perldebug' for more help. main::(-e:1): sub foo { "bar" }; $o = bless {}, "main" DB<1> m $o foo via UNIVERSAL: DOES via UNIVERSAL: VERSION via UNIVERSAL: can via UNIVERSAL: isa DB<2> m $o, '(?i:o)' foo via UNIVERSAL: DOES via UNIVERSAL: VERSION DB<3> m main foo via UNIVERSAL: DOES via UNIVERSAL: VERSION via UNIVERSAL: can via UNIVERSAL: isa DB<4> m main (?i:o) foo via UNIVERSAL: DOES via UNIVERSAL: VERSION