I think if you just want accessor/mutator methods, you might be better off with a more focused module: Class::Accessor. It's extremely simple:

package My::Class;

use strict;
use base qw( Class::Accessor );

My::Class->mk_accessors( qw( field1 field2 field3 ) );
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That's it! This creates the methods 'field1', 'field2', and 'field3' which act as accessors/mutators. You can also inherit a simple new() method and a number of other actions. IMO, the docs are well-written and easy to follow, and while there are a few dependencies the CPAN shell should TCB for you...

Chris
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