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Re: Re: how to avoid mis-spelling hash keys?

by crouchingpenguin (Priest)
on Jan 06, 2003 at 16:14 UTC ( [id://224658]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re: how to avoid mis-spelling hash keys?
in thread how to avoid mis-spelling hash keys?

I like to use AUTOLOAD for my accessors like:
sub AUTOLOAD { my $self = shift; return unless ref($self); # lets find out what the mysterious missing func is my ($attribute) = $AUTOLOAD =~ m/.*::(.*)/; # this is our psuedo get/set # we can make this as simple or complex as we want if( my $value = shift ){ ### we have an argument # if attribute exists # this is our sort of rudimentary access control # so we can't create arbitrary attributes if( exists $self->{$attribute} ){ $self->{$attribute} = $value; }elsif( exists $self->{ lc($attribute) } ){ # double check caller didn't mean lower case $self->{ lc($attribute) } = $value; }else{ # we can put assignment code here if # we want to be able to automatically # create object attributes on the fly } # here is a good place to call your commit() # or write() method if applicable $self->write(); }else{ # must be an get type call return $self->{$attribute} if exists $self->{$attribute}; return $self->{lc($attribute)} if exists $self->{lc($attribute)}; }# end if/elsif/else value = shift }

Update: BrentDax is spot on

"Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark. Professionals built the Titanic."

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Re(3): how to avoid mis-spelling hash keys?
by BrentDax (Hermit) on Jan 06, 2003 at 23:01 UTC
       if( $self­->{$a­ttrib­ute} ){
    That will fail if $self->{$attribute} is set to zero, the empty string, or undef. Perhaps this would work better:

       if(exists $self->{$attribute}) {

    =cut
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