$f->new #### #! perl use strict; use warnings; package Widget; sub new { my ($class, $name) = @_; my %self = (name => $name); bless \%self, $class; } sub say_hello { my ($self) = @_; print "$self->{name} says \"Hello!\"\n"; } 1; #### #! perl use strict; use warnings; use autodie; open(my $fh, '<', 'Widget.pm'); my $f = do { local $/; <$fh> }; close $fh; eval $f; warn $@ if $@; my $widget = Widget->new('Gromit'); $widget->say_hello(); #### Gromit says "Hello!"