package Whatever::Makes::Sense; sub create_accessors { my $class = caller(); foreach my $accessor (@_) { no strict 'refs'; *{"$class\::$accessor"} = sub { my $self = shift; $self->{$accessor} = shift if @_; return $self->{$accessor}; }; } } # And elsewhere... Whatever::Makes::Sense::create_accessors(qw(foo bar baz));