For a lighter solution, just use a (built-in) dualvar:
use Scalar::Util 'dualvar';
my $funny = dualvar 12, 'pancake';
printf "Polly wanna %s every %d days \n", $funny, $funny;
printf "Polly wanna %s every %d days \n", $funny, 0+$funny;
__END__
Or, if you really do want a full object-based solution, Contextual::Return can do the hard work (of setting up the class and overloading) for you:
use Contextual::Return;
my $funny = NUM { 12 }
STR { 'pancake' };
printf "Polly wanna %s every %d days \n", $funny, $funny;
printf "Polly wanna %s every %d days \n", $funny, 0+$funny;
__END__
But, if you just want number and string, a dualvar is probably the better choice. |