This comment is unrelated to your question, but I thought I'd mention something quickly that I've picked up recently and found very useful.

Consider writing your new functions something like this: 

   sub new {
      my $proto=shift;
      my $class=ref $proto || $proto;
      my $self={ @_ };

      ## ...
      
      bless $self,$class;
   }

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Then create your instance like this: 

    my $inst=new MyClass(
                 name => 'mr.nick',
                 rank => 'novice',
                 sleep_level => 'not enough'
             );

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I found that by directly putting the class parameters on the new() line like that makes for cleanliness, and readability. And, it makes for a real quick method of stuffing values into the instance of the object.

mr.nick ...

In reply to Re: Creating objects within objects being strange... by mr.nick
in thread Creating objects within objects being strange... by Vuud

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