package Tie::NumRange;

# (initial, low, high)
sub TIESCALAR {
  my $class = shift;
  my $self = bless [ @_ ], $class;
  $self->STORE($_[0]);  # just in case
  return $self;
}

sub STORE {
  my ($self,$val) = @_;

  return $self->[0] = $self->[1] if
    defined($self->[1]) and
    $self->[1] > $val;

  return $self->[0] = $self->[2] if
    defined($self->[2]) and
    $self->[2] < $val;

  return $self->[0] = $val;
}

sub FETCH { $_[0][0] }

1;