I'm not really familiar with C. But does this work like a struct?

sub struct {
  my ($name, %args) = @_;
  localscope: {
    # we want to mangle the symbol table
    # so set 'no strict refs'
    no strict 'refs';
    foreach my $a (keys %args) {
      *{"${name}::${a}"} = sub {
        my ($class, $val) = @_;
        # val means it needs updating
        if ($val) {
          nowarning: {
            no warnings 'redefine';
            *{"${name}::${a}"} = sub {
              $val;
            };
          } # end nowarning
          return $val;
        }
        return $args{$a}
      };
    }
  } # end localscope
}

# Create a new struct
struct 'Player' => (
  count_var => 0,
  name => 'Zork',
  list_of_stuff => ['a', 'b']
);

print Player->name;
# you can update a value in this "struct", like so
Player->name('Zippy');
[download]

---

---

Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!

Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.

Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.

Please read these before you post! —

• How do I compose an effective node title?
• How do I post a question effectively?
• Markup in the Monastery

Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:

a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr

You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)

	For:		Use:
	&		&
	<		&lt;
	>		&gt;
	[		&#91;
	]		&#93;

Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?

See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.