And while we are at it, change: 
sub auth {
    my ($uname, $passwd, $dbsecret, $salt); 
    $uname = shift;
    $passwd = shift;
    ...
}

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to 
sub auth {
    my ($self, $uname, $passwd) = @_; 
    my ($dbsecret, $salt);
    ...
}

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or the method call will not work. Here is a little test script i came up with. Looks like the problem isn't in the constructor as i originally suspected, but instead in that wacky method call/instantiation. 
ref new Foo      or warn "example 1 is not an object\n";
ref new Foo->foo or warn "example 2 is not an object\n";

package Foo;
sub new { bless {} }
sub foo { "foo" }

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jeffa

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(the triplet paradiddle with high-hat)

In reply to 2Re: Understanding and building modules by jeffa
in thread Understanding and building modules by neilwatson

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