As I already made clear, I use AUTOLOAD for very simple modules. In fact, I have never needed AUTOLOAD for anything else, so I have not attained the point of wanting to "save it". (What can I say? I'm a lowly script writer, not a heavy-hitting module meister.) I'm aware of the technique you describe, though I am sorry to say that I use it with AUTOLOAD: 

sub AUTOLOAD {
  my $self = $_[ 0 ];
  ( my $name = our $AUTOLOAD ) =~ s/.*:://;
  return if $name eq 'DESTROTY';
  die "Unknown field: $name" unless exists $self->{ $name };
  no strict 'refs';
  *$AUTOLOAD = sub { my $self = shift;
                 return @_ ? $self->{ $name } = shift : $self->{ $name
+ };
               };
  goto &$AUTOLOAD;
}

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(Yes, I posted a different version in another the reply, because I think it is more standard and easier to follow.)

So, please tell me, what are the things one should be saving AUTOLOAD for instead of wasting it on accessors?

Update: Bug in the original version fixed.

the lowliest monk

In reply to Re^6: Modules for autogenerating accessor/mutator methods by tlm
in thread Modules for autogenerating accessor/mutator methods by srdst13

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