package My::New::Object; has max_chunk => (is=>'rw', isa=>'Int', init_arg => 'size', clearer=>'clear_max_chunk'); has liberal_mode => (is=>'rw', isa=>'Bool', default=>sub{1}); has fh => (is=>'rw', isa=>'My::New::Object::ProtoFileHandle', clearer=>'clear_fh', predicate=>'has_fh', writer=>'_set_fh', coerce => 1, init_arg => 'file', trigger => \&reset_temporary_variables ); [... more attributes, code, etc. ] #### object: $VAR1 = bless( { 'liberal_mode' => 1, 'fh' => bless( \*Symbol::GEN0, 'FileHandle' ), [... other data ...] }, 'My::New::Object' ); #### object: $VAR1 = bless( { 'options' => { 'liberal_mode' => 1, 'fh' => bless( \*Symbol::GEN0, 'FileHandle' ), }, [... other data ...] }, 'My::New::Object' );