All the modules mentioned are “state of the art” since they are all actively maintained and really quite nice. Also missed Moo, and for bleeding edge fun you might look at Moops. Moose does more than the others; see Class::MOP for why/how. It’s also the slowest (really start up is the major issue, it’s not “slow” exactly once compiled and running) and the others through their minimalism achieve, maybe… subjective, cleaner interfaces and extensions. Mouse with XS is the fastest by a lot. I’ve been reaching for Moo most of the time. I didn’t know Mo had grown so much since it was sort of what I saw as a joke response to it all. I would probably use Moops for personal projects if I had the tuits for personal projects right now.

On that note I’d like to say that tobyink is really quite an excellent—and prodicious!—software designer. See also, Type::Tiny.

In reply to Re^2: Class confusion when testing using ref() by Your Mother
in thread Class confusion when testing using ref() by atcroft

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