sub anon_ref { $N ||= 1; my $name = sprintf "var%04d", $N; my $ref = \${ 'NAMESPACE::' . $name }; delete $NAMESPACE{ $name }; $N++; return ($ref); } #### sub My_object::new { my ($type, @data) = @_; $N ||= 1; my $name = sprintf "var%04d", $N; my $object = \${ 'NAMESPACE::' . $name }; delete $NAMESPACE{ $name }; $N++; bless $object, $type; $object->configure_with (@data); return ($object); } #### sub My_object::new { my $O = bless anon_ref(), shift; $O->configure_with (@_); return ($O); }