use strict; use warnings; package Class::SomeMethodMaker; sub create_accessor { my %hash = (); return sub { my ($self, $value) = @_; $hash{$self} = $value if @_ > 1; return $hash{$self}; } } package MyClass; { no strict 'refs'; *{"MyClass::colour"} = Class::SomeMethodMaker::create_accessor; } sub new {bless {}, shift} 1; __END__