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Thank you moritz. Quick question, what is the value of $class supposed to be?

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Re^3: Why won't a hash in a hash work as a hash reference to create an object?
by chromatic (Archbishop) on Apr 07, 2012 at 21:36 UTC

    It's the name of the class. If you call new as a method:

    my $obj = Class->new;

    ... then it'll be the invocant.

    (Don't not call new as a method. You set yourself up for all kinds of mess that way.)

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Re^3: Why won't a hash in a hash work as a hash reference to create an object?
by moritz (Cardinal) on Apr 08, 2012 at 05:43 UTC
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