package Add; use strict; use warnings; sub new { my $class = shift; my $self = { ACC => undef, }; my $closure = sub { my $field = shift; if (@_) { $self->{$field} = shift; } return $self->{$field}; }; bless ($closure,$class); return $closure; } sub acc { &{ $_[0] }("ACC", @_[1 .. $#_]) } sub add { acc( $_[0],acc( $_[0] )+@_[1 .. $#_] ); } 1; #### use strict; use warnings; use Test::More tests => 7; BEGIN { use_ok('Add'); } ok(my $a = Add->new(),"creation of accumulator"); ok($a->acc(3),"accumulator set to 3"); isnt($a->acc,0,"check if accumulator isn't zero"); is($a->acc,3,"check accumulator equals 3"); ok($a->add(3),"add 3 to accumulator"); is($a->acc,6,"check if add equals 6");