Ok, so what is the recommended way of generating accessor/mutator methods? ^This seems to be the prevailing idiom , and I *really* don't want to code them by hand (or write a program that codes them by hand) since very time I add/remove a parameter I'll have to add/remove the accessor.

My first thought, was to set it so it does not ignor the calling class/object like so: 

*$datum = sub {
   my self = shift;
   $self->{$datum} = shift if @_;
   return $self->{$datum};
};

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This didn't work.

Then, I tried doing this without the self: 

*$datum = sub {
   $self->{$datum} = shift if @_;
   return $self->{$datum};
};

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Again, no change in result.

Then I tried without the reference to self: 

*$datum = sub {
   $datum = shift if @_;
   return $datum;
};

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Surprise, this had no affect either.

Then, I tried doing this without the typeglob. (I'm basically pissing into the wind at this point so what do I have to loose) 

$datum = sub {
   my self = shift;
   $self->{$datum} = shift if @_;
   return $self->{$datum};
};

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Not surprisingly, no change again...
Here's what really stumps me, through all of these changes I would expect to see an error at least, but the program behaves *identically* through all of the changes.

The immediate fix is to look at the XXX comment and make that generated method not close over $self.

I guess I don't understand what you mean. How do you reference the object without referencing the object? (Which is what $self is right? a reference to the object.)

really, thank you for all of your help.

In reply to Re^4: Problem with Inheriting a Super Class by PyrexKidd
in thread Problem with Inheriting a Super Class by PyrexKidd

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