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I guess that will work. I just have to make sure that my proxy is of the same underlying type (HASH, ARRAY, SCALAR) as the real object.
Of course if you want a proxy that just "intercepts" some method calls and forwards most of the rest, you could just inherit from the class you're trying to proxy.

In the lazy-load case I want to ensure that the real object is loaded before forwarding, so it's not that simple.

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Re^3: object swizzling?
by Anonymous Monk on May 06, 2009 at 12:54 UTC
    In the lazy-load case I want to ensure that the real object is loaded before forwarding, so it's not that simple.
    You can call the super class's constructor first: 
    package 'Bar';
use base 'Foo';
sub new {
  my $class = shift;
  my $parent_class_object = SUPER->new();
  ...
}

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    And then store it, or use it, or rebless it, or whatever.
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