I think "v" was not the best name for this hashref. The mnemonic I had in mind was "v" for "variable", but I can see how it can be ambiguous with "V" for "View". Ah fuck. ;-)

heh. maybe there could be an alias like $self->stash

But I think Brock or you would be in a better position to actually decide on the verbose descriptive non-deceptive alias than me.