Re^7: Does there exist a CPAN module for lazily initialized variables?

Sure you could, but I wouldn't bother tying it at this point. You have to have one globally accessible symbol by which to reach this connection. Either it happens explicitly through &::dbh() or implicitly through tied $::dbh. I'd generally prefer to leave off with the tying to avoid excessive cuteness.

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Re^8: Does there exist a CPAN module for lazily initialized variables? by jryan (Vicar) on Jul 14, 2004 at 21:00 UTC
shrug. I don't think the purpose of the tie here is cuteness, but to actually separate the initialization details from the code. (Also, I'm not using globals, but package-scoped lexicals declared with my). I guess I could write a module that supported either interface (tied or functional). Hell, most of the code for both cases is already written in this very thread!	[reply]