Let's say I have a class with some attributes:
class Dog;
has $.name is rw;
has $.age is rw;
has $.gender is rw;
I initially decide to accept the default accessors.
$dog.name = 'Ralph';
print $dog.age;
This works well for a while, but then I decide to update Dog so that setting
the name also sets the gender.
$dog.name = 'Susie'; # also sets $dog.gender to 'female'
How do I write such a name() method? Do I just check the arg, set the
gender, and then return $.name as an "lvalue" or something?
If so, what happens if, some time down the road, the $.name attribute goes
away entirely? I can't return it as an lvalue now, can I?
Basically, I'm wondering how much of the object's internals I'm exposing by
accepting the default accessors.
-John
