I think it is time for update 3, because that is not how Perl classes work. Perl classes work by what has been defined in the right package. By tradition you put one class per file, but Perl does nothing to enforce that tradition. (But use won't work properly unless you do that, so it is a good tradition to follow.)

Also I note that your "preferred way to call constructors" comment is just cargo culting unless you can give some concrete reasons why that is preferred. I'm betting that you can't.

Also what is the reason that you're afraid of using unless? (I'm not saying that you should use it, I'm just asking what your reason is.)

In reply to Re^2: OO Perl: Nested classes question by tilly
in thread OO Perl: Nested classes question by TheMarty

Title:
Use:  <p> text here (a paragraph) </p>
and:  <code> code here </code>
to format your post, it's "PerlMonks-approved HTML":


  • Posts are HTML formatted. Put <p> </p> tags around your paragraphs. Put <code> </code> tags around your code and data!
  • Titles consisting of a single word are discouraged, and in most cases are disallowed outright.
  • Read Where should I post X? if you're not absolutely sure you're posting in the right place.
  • Please read these before you post! —
  • Posts may use any of the Perl Monks Approved HTML tags:
    a, abbr, b, big, blockquote, br, caption, center, col, colgroup, dd, del, details, div, dl, dt, em, font, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, hr, i, ins, li, ol, p, pre, readmore, small, span, spoiler, strike, strong, sub, summary, sup, table, tbody, td, tfoot, th, thead, tr, tt, u, ul, wbr
  • You may need to use entities for some characters, as follows. (Exception: Within code tags, you can put the characters literally.)
            For:     Use:
    & &amp;
    < &lt;
    > &gt;
    [ &#91;
    ] &#93;
  • Link using PerlMonks shortcuts! What shortcuts can I use for linking?
  • See Writeup Formatting Tips and other pages linked from there for more info.