NAME lvalue - use lvalue subroutines with ease VERSION Version 0.01 SYNOPSIS Simply put get and set blocks at the end of your lvalue sub. Please note, no comma or semicolon between statements are allowed (in case of semicolon only last statement will be take an action) use lvalue; sub mysub : lvalue { get { return 'result for get'; } set { my $set_value = shift; # ... } } mysub() = 'test'; # will invoke set block with argument 'test'; print mysub(); # will invoke get block without arguments. result will be returned to print; sub readonly : lvalue { get { return 'readonly value'; } } print readonly(); # ok readonly = 'test'; # fails sub writeonly : lvalue { set { my $set_value = shift; # ... } } writeonly = 'test'; # ok print writeonly(); # fails EXPORT There are 2 export functions: "set" and "get". If you don't want to use export, you may use full names sub mysub : lvalue { lvalue::get { return 'something'; } lvalue::set { my $set_value = shift; } } FUNCTIONS set invoked with argument from right side get invoked without arguments. the returned value passed out AUTHOR Mons Anderson, BUGS None known COPYRIGHT & LICENSE Copyright 2009 Mons Anderson. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.