in reply to Pretending to be lisp: macros

The usual way to generate automatic accessors in perl is with sub AUTOLOAD {...}. The Camel (3ed.) gives an example starting on p. 337. That is immediately followed by an example of generating them by name with closures, instead.

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Re: Re: Pretending to be lisp: macros
by anjiro (Beadle) on Sep 23, 2003 at 04:20 UTC
    Handy hint to anyone looking at Camel pg. 337: check the errata! Two of the variables are switched, making for some interesting bugs.
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