Read through the documentation for Class::Std. It has what you're looking for. Here's an example. 
package SomeClass;

use strict;
use warnings;
use Class::Std;
{
    # Attributes
    my %whatever: ATTR;

    # this initializes the class in place of new
    sub BUILD {
        my ($self, $ident, $arg_ref) = @_;

        ...
        # Do some initialization stuff here
    }

    # here's a method that's private. It throws an exception when call
+ed from outside the class it's declared.
    sub some_method: PRIVATE {
        my ($self) = @_;

        ...
        # Some class stuff here
    }
}

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BMaximus

In reply to Re: A quicker way to have protected and private fields? by BMaximus
in thread A quicker way to have protected and private fields? by gargle

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