package InOutObj; use strict; use warnings; use Scalar::Util qw( refaddr ); { my %data; sub new { return bless \do{ my $dummy }, shift; } sub get { my $self = shift; return $data{ refaddr $self }; } sub set { my ( $self, $arg ) = @_; $data{ refaddr $self }{upper} = uc $arg; $data{ refaddr $self }{lower} = lc $arg; return; } sub DESTROY { my $self = shift; delete $data{ refaddr $self }; return; } } 1; package main; use strict; use warnings; my $obj = new InOutObj; $obj->set('i LiKe WiNe'); # User should not be able to make up stuff on their own! print $obj->get()->{uPper} . "\n"; print "Why am I here?\n";