in reply to Automagic subroutines

This technique is very useful. It's discussed in perltooc.

perldoc perltooc

Going out on a limb here but personally I don't use this technique as I feel that it makes it difficult to see the accessors that are created. I would probably lean toward Class::Accessor too.

"Look, Shiny Things!" is not a better business strategy than compatibility and reuse.

In Section Seekers of Perl Wisdom