package Some::Class; use strict; use warnings; sub new { my $class = shift; return bless { @_ }, $class; } foreach my $name ( qw( foo bar baz ) ) { no strict 'refs'; *{ __PACKAGE__ . "::$name" } = sub { my $self = shift; $self->{$name} = shift if @_; return $self->{$name}; }; } sub do_something_useful { ... }