Unfortunately, Class::DBI has a boatload of constructors:

use Physemp::Model::Account;

my $account = Physemp::Model::Account->create();
$accounts = Physemp::Model::Account->search(name => 'Ben Bitdiddle');
$account = Physemp::Model::Account->retrieve(1);
my $accounts = Physemp::Model::Account->retrieve_all();
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and I'm going to need them all over the place.

I was thinking something like this:

package My::Browser;
use base 'My::TT';

my $_cache;

sub pager_class {
  my $class = ref $_[0] || $_[0];

  $_cache->{$class} = $_[1] if @_ > 1;
  return $_cache->{$class};
}

BEGIN {
  (my $temp = __PACKAGE__->pager_class()) =~ s#::#/#igr;
  require "$temp.pm";
}

package Physemp::Admin::Clients;
use base 'My::Browser';

use strict;
use warnings;

use Physemp::Model::Account;

__PACKAGE__->pager_class('Physemp::Model::Account');
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But "My::Browser" would get compiled ahead of "Physemp::Admin::Clients". I was also thinking of using multiple inheritance, but that won't fly.

I guess I want the equivalent of a C++ template class in Perl.