#!/usr/bin/perl

package PKG;

sub new
{
    my $prototype = shift;  # Allows for inheritence

    my $class = ref($prototype) || $prototype;
    my $self = {};

    bless($self,$class);

    return $self;
}

#*AUTOLOAD=sub{$AUTOLOAD=~/:(.*?)$/&&$1ne'DESTROY'&&$_[1]?$_[0]{$1}=$_
+[1]:$_[0]{$1}};
#*AUTOLOAD=sub{$AUTOLOAD=~/:(.*?)(?<!DESTROY)$/&&$_[1]?$_[0]{$1}=$_[1]
+:$_[0]{$1}};
#*AUTOLOAD=sub{$AUTOLOAD=~/:(.*?)(?<!DESTROY)$/&&($_[0]{$1}=$_[1]||$_[
+0]{$1})};

*AUTOLOAD=sub{$AUTOLOAD=~/:(.*?)(?<!DESTROY)$/&&$#_?$_[0]{$1}=$_[1]:$_
+[0]{$1}};


package MAIN;

my $object = new PKG;

$object->foo('bar');

print $object->foo(), "\n";

$object->foo(undef);

print $object->foo(), "\n";

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