I don't want to use a hash key like 'name' because other classes in the hierarchy may already be using that. So I will use __PACKAGE__ . '::name' instead to avoid the conflict. But I would rather not have to write that every time I reference the value of the field. So I am trying to declare $name with value __PACKAGE__ . '::name', $timestamp with value __PACKAGE__ . '::timestamp', etc. so that I can refer to my package's fields with the simpler $self->{$name}.

The question was how to do that without having to repeat the list of field names with my ($name, $timestamp, ...) = map {...} ('name', 'timestamp', ...);

Thanks,
A.C., oops, pm not /. so I guess that's A.M.

In reply to Re^2: Computed "my" declarations? by Anonymous Monk
in thread Computed "my" declarations? by Anonymous Monk

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