Another option is to set your autoload like this:

sub AUTOLOAD {
    my ($self) = @_;

    # don't do any work if we are being called for DESTROY
    next if(substr($AUTOLOAD, -7) eq 'DESTROY');

    $AUTOLOAD     =~ /.*::get(_\w+)/
        or die "No such method: $AUTOLOAD";
    exists $self->{$1}
        or die "No such attribute: $1";
    return $self->{$1}
}
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Notice how it returns if this is a call to destroy? AUTOLOAD will never be called if there is a DESTROY method. I imagine sub DESTROY {} is faster, but the logic seems easier to maintain and less people will be asking "Why does my autoload work in this class and not that one?"

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