I have a project where a start-up script forks N sub scripts which do various pieces of work. Each of these instantiates 1-M modules depending on the type of work each has to do. I have some code for getting MySQL connections that I want to share between the various pieces. At the moment the sub is in a module along with the code for instantiating the separate modules.

I want to pass a reference to the connection sub into each module as it gets created. I can get the reference using the '\&sub' notation but I can't seem to get it made available to the new module. 

########### snip
eval( require( 'Parser/' . $parser_name . '.pm'));
$self->{ 'parser' }->{ $parser_name } = $parser_name->new();

####This is the problematic line:
$self->{ 'parser' }->{ $parser_name }->getDBH = \&getDBH;

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What syntax do I use for this?

PS yes - this does need to be re-engineered into a class hierarchy. That will probably occur later this year.

In reply to sub by reference - assigning to an object? by ethrbunny

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