package Foo; BEGIN { our ($VERSION, @ISA, @METHODS); @METHODS = qw(foo bar quux); for my $field (@METHODS) { *{__PACKAGE__.'::'.$field} = sub { my $self = shift @_; if (@_) { return $self->set($field, @_); } else { return $self->get($field); } }; } for (qw(set get)) { *{__PACKAGE__.'::'.$_} = sub { my $self = shift @_; if (@_ == 1) { return $$self{$_[0]}; } elsif (@_ > 1) { return $self->{$_[0]} = $_[1]; } else { $self->_croak('Wrong number of arguments received'); } }; } }