Subs are declared as part of the packge, not part of an object.

If your Object->new() method dynamically creates a sub called foo, then you're in effect declaring Object::foo. This sub is now bound to the package, and therefore will stick around until the end of the execution

There are several approaches:

     ## autoload
     sub AUTOLOAD
     {
           my $self =  shift;
           ( my $subname = $AUTOLOAD ) =~ s/.*:://;
           
           if( $obj->{ $subname } ) {
                  ## this is over simplified, so you may need to do
                  ## other checks...
                  return $self->{ subname };
           } else {
                  croak "No such sub";
           }      }

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If you just want to get/set attributes, I recommend the AUTOLOAD way rather than dynamically declaring subs. There would be no residual subs floating around that way

In reply to Re: Is it legal to create subs in a module? by lestrrat
in thread Is it legal to create subs in a module? by Anonymous Monk

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