> Doesn't work here. > > Perhaps because I patched against bleadperl instead of RC4?
My newbie bad.
I'll concoct a bleadperl patch when I have a mo.
For now, RC4 please.
> Either way, any reason autobox can't set up SCALAR, HASH, > et al for the user so the former DWIMs?
Nope. No reason - so long as it's clear that autobox doesn't autobless...
Incidentally, there's nothing magical or special about SCALAR, ARRAY, HASH and CODE. You're kind of tacitly encouraged by the weight of counterexample in the POD to use your own package names, or at least your own namespace.
chocolateboy