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sub new {
  my ($account) = @_;

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That's the problem. The first argument that new gets is the name of the class. So instead write 

sub new {
    my ($class, $account) = @_;
    return bless $accounts{$account}, $class;
}

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Re^2: Why won't a hash in a hash work as a hash reference to create an object?
by Lady_Aleena (Priest) on Apr 07, 2012 at 21:22 UTC

    Thank you moritz. Quick question, what is the value of $class supposed to be?

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    Lady Aleena
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      It's the name of the class. If you call new as a method:

      my $obj = Class->new;

      ... then it'll be the invocant.

      (Don't not call new as a method. You set yourself up for all kinds of mess that way.)

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