#! /usr/bin/perl package Sieve; use strict; use warnings; sub new { bless [], shift }; sub add_predicate { my $self = shift; push @$self, shift; } sub ok { my ($self, $item) = @_; $_->($item) || return(0) foreach @$self; return(1); }; sub sieve { my $self = shift; grep {$self->ok($_)} @_; };