NAME Acme::Constructor::Pythonic - import Python-style constructor functions SYNOPSIS use Acme::Constructor::Pythonic qw( LWP::UserAgent JSON HTTP::Request ); my $json = JSON(); my $ua = UserAgent(); my $req = Request( GET => 'http://www.example.com/foo.json' ); my $data = $json->decode( $ua->request($req)->content ) DESCRIPTION In Python you import classes like this: import BankAccount from banking And you instantiate them with something looking like a function call: acct = BankAccount(9.99) This module allows Python-like object instantiation in Perl. The example in the SYNOPSIS creates three functions "UserAgent", "JSON" and each of which just pass through their arguments to the real object constructors. Options Each argument to the Acme::Constructor::Pythonic is a Perl module name and may be followed by a hashref of options: use Acme::Constructor::Pythonic 'A::Module', 'Another::Module' => \%some_options, 'Yes::Another::Module', ; * class The class to call the constructor on. This is normally the same as the module name, and that's the default assumption, so there's no usually much point in providing it. * constructor The method name for the constructor. The default is "new" which is usually correct. * alias The name of the function you want created for you. The default is the last component of the module name, which is often sensible. * no_require Acme::Constructor::Python will automatically load the module specified. Not straight away; it waits until you actually perform an instantiation. If you don't want Acme::Constructor::Python to load the module, then set this option to true. BUGS Please report any bugs to . SEE ALSO aliased. AUTHOR Toby Inkster . (Though it was SSCAFFIDI's idea.) COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE This software is copyright (c) 2012 by Toby Inkster. This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES THIS PACKAGE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.