The idea to look there didn't occur to me, so I looked in that source. Sadly I did not find any reference to using a method modifier on 'install_accessors' (which is really a method in Moose::Meta::Atribute).

When I blindly replace my BUILD definition with your method modifier idea, I get:

The method 'install_accessors' was not found in the inheritance hierar
+chy for Me at /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.1/mach/Class/MOP/Cl
+ass.pm line 659
    Class::MOP::Class::__ANON__('Moose::Meta::Class=HASH(0x8025684c8)'
+, 'install_accessors') called at /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.
+1/mach/Class/MOP/Class.pm line 694
    Class::MOP::Class::add_after_method_modifier('Moose::Meta::Class=H
+ASH(0x8025684c8)', 'install_accessors', 'CODE(0x802568d98)') called a
+t /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.10.1/mach/Moose/Util.pm line 229
    Moose::Util::add_method_modifier('Moose::Meta::Class=HASH(0x802568
+4c8)', 'after', 'ARRAY(0x802443288)') called at /usr/local/lib/perl5/
+site_perl/5.10.1/mach/Moose.pm line 77
    Moose::after(undef, 'install_accessors') called at /usr/local/lib/
+perl5/site_perl/5.10.1/mach/Moose/Exporter.pm line 293
    Moose::after('install_accessors', 'CODE(0x802568d98)') called at .
+/testm line 41
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This makes some sense because my class uses Moose, doesnt use an 'extends' keyword, and isn't necessarily a subclass of Moose::Meta::Attribute. Obviously I'm missing something here, but what?