SYNOPSIS use abbreviation qw(Very::Long::ClassName::Here); my $obj = Very::Long::ClassName::Here->new; my $obj = V::L::CN::Here->new; # same DESCRIPTION Tired of typing long class name? use abbreviation for that. TRICK AND CAVEAT Dynamic package name aliasing can be implemented via: * symbol table aliasing. (import.pm) * dynamic inheritance. (namespace.pm) Both has virtue and vice. Currently, abbreviation.pm takes the former. This may change in the future. AUTHOR Tatsuhiko Miyagawa This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. SEE ALSO the import manpage, the namespace manpage.