I'm looking for some pithy ways of describing different accessor styles. I'm planning to use this with some accessor generating code, e.g. { style => 'perl'}. I've seen a variety of terms used here and elsewhere and am looking for something that is both brief and clear. Potential examples:

• Combination accessors that either get or set. Potential style names: "classic", "combo", "perl", "bimodal".

  $obj->name( "Buttercup" ); print $obj->name();

• Separate getters and setters. Potential style names: "get_set", "affordance" (I cringe, but Class::Meta uses it).

  $obj->set_name( "Humperdink" ); print $obj->get_name();

• Non-symmetric getters and setters. Potential style names: "eiffel", "semi-affordance".

  $obj->set_name( "Inigo" ); print $obj->name();

• Lvalues (actually this is easy). Potential style names: "lvalue".

  $obj->name = "Dread Pirate Roberts"; print $obj->name;

What names do you think work best for these styles? Are there other styles you personally prefer and what would you call it, e.g. "Java" style: getName and setName?

Update: Lots of (++) received, but few suggestions! Please post comments -- a couple lines on which of the style names above you favor is fine.

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